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1058920

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Sports: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage children to participate in a range of sports outside of the school day.
	tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
	tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
	uin	219323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>We want all young people to be healthy and active. That is why Sport England is investing over £194 million (between 2016-21) into projects focusing on improving children’s engagement in and enjoyment of physical activity. This includes £40m for projects which support families with children to get active together, and continued investment into satellite clubs.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working with the Departments for Education and Health and Social Care on a new cross-government action plan, to get kids active in and out of school, which will be published in spring.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/02/2019 13:29:46 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1061154

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Garden Bridge Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Charity Commission in fulfilling its duties in relation to the Garden Bridge Trust.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	221694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Charity Commission is the independent regulator and registrar for charities in England and Wales. Its duty is to look at the extent trustees are meeting their legal duties and whether charities are complying with charity law</p><p> </p><p>It is not in the regulatory remit of the Commission to examine other issues such as the merits of a project or how it is funded</p><p><br> In 2016-17 the Commission undertook extensive scrutiny of the governance and oversight of the Garden Bridge Trust by its trustees. That case concluded that the trustees were meeting their duties and were acting in compliance with charity law.</p><p> </p><p>The outcomes of that case were published on the Commission’s website in early 2017:<br> <br> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/595064/garden_bridge_trust.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/595064/garden_bridge_trust.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Commission has continued its regulatory oversight since publishing the report. It has seen no evidence to date that the eventual failure of the project was as a result of failings or omissions on the part of the trustees of the Garden Bridge Trust, but is reviewing the final financial statements now available as part of its ongoing regulatory assessment</p><p><br> The Commission has continued to hold the Trust to account as necessary, such as when it was late in filing its accounts.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission has confirmed that it expects the Trust to publishing a full statement of total project costs. Once the Commission has received those documents and, following analysis, it is comfortable that there are no further regulatory concerns, the charity will move to wind up. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/02/2019 13:18:31 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1061153

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Garden Bridge Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings were held between the chair of the Charity Commission and the Garden Bridge Trust before its registration as a charity.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	221693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Charity Commission. Helen Stephenson CBE, Chief Executive Officer, Charity Commission for England and Wales has responded with the attached letter.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/02/2019 13:12:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies attachment 1 file name 20190218 Letter to Mr Steve Reed MP, regarding Written Question 221693.pdf title Letter from Charity Commission
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1061201

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Civil Society
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 14 of the Government's Civil Society Strategy, published in August 2018, what steps his Department has taken to renew its commitment to the principles of the Compact.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	221716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Civil Society Strategy is long term, setting out our vision for government’s work with and for civil society over the next 10 years and beyond. This is an important recommendation in the Strategy. Whilst our resources are currently focused on other priorities from the Civil Society Strategy and on preparing for EU exit, we are exploring options for taking this forward and expect to progress later this year.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/02/2019 13:20:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1061133

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Youth Organisations: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much public money has been allocated to uniformed youth organisations in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	221692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not all held centrally. In January 2015, a list showing grant schemes run by central government since the 2013 to 2014 financial year was published on GOV.UK, and subsequently annually updated. It can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-grants-register" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-grants-register</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This government has invested £5 million in 2018-19 in supporting uniformed youth organisations to engage thousands of disadvantaged young people in areas of deprivation across the country, improving their wellbeing, mental health and life skills. Details of the funding announced to date can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/thousands-to-benefit-from-multi-million-pound-boost-to-youth-organisations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/thousands-to-benefit-from-multi-million-pound-boost-to-youth-organisations</a> .</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/02/2019 12:42:42 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1061235

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	National Citizen Service Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 135849 on National Citizen Service Trust, whether delivery partners will still be paid for unfilled places under the new proposed contracts for 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	221734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Some NCS Delivery Partners are not responsible for managing the recruitment of young people to their programmes. These Delivery Partners are generally small, local non-profit organisations, so in order to protect them from undue financial risk, once the number of places being commissioned is confirmed by NCS Trust, payment for these places will be guaranteed.</p><p><br> For provider contracts that begin in 2020, NCS Trust has re-designed the way its Management Partners will be paid, in order to significantly reduce the amount spent on places which are not filled.</p><p> </p><p>Delivery Partners managing their own recruitment are guaranteed payment for a proportion of their NCS commissioned places. This gives smaller, local organisations the financial security they need to get involved in NCS. The remaining places will only be paid for if they are filled. NCS Trust will only pay for unfilled places in a situation where a Delivery Partner does not recruit enough young people to cover the proportion of places that has been guaranteed. This allows NCS Trust to share risk with the youth and voluntary sector, so that small organisations can benefit from being part of the delivery chain.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/02/2019 12:43:53 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1061166

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	National Citizen Service Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 135849, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the amount spent on unfilled places.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	221696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>NCS Trust has regular checkpoints planned with its Delivery Partners to discuss their forecast performance in 2019 and make adjustments to the number of places commissioned where appropriate, in order to minimise spend on unfilled places</p><p><br> For provider contracts that begin in 2020, NCS Trust has re-designed the way its outsourced regional Management Partners will be paid, in order to significantly reduce the amount spent on places which are not filled. <br> <br> In areas where NCS Trust will be providing the regional management function itself, flexibility has been created within its contracts with Delivery Partners to confirm participant numbers for each season at a later point in the year. This will allow NCS Trust to make an assessment of the level of demand for NCS places, based on the number of young people who have signed up, ensuring an accurate number are commissioned. The aim of this approach is to use performance data in-season to better align the supply and demand for NCS places, minimising the number which are paid for but not filled.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/02/2019 12:40:04 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1061131

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the annual participation targets are for the National Citizen Service to 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	221691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Ministers confirm the annual participation target for the NCS programme alongside the approval of the yearly budget for the NCS Trust. For 2018/19, Ministers agreed a target of over 100,000 participants.</p><p> </p><p>The budget and participation target for 2019/20 are not due to be agreed until March 2019. The target for financial year 2020/21 will not be agreed until March 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/02/2019 12:33:05 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1061165

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he (a) has received representations and (b) holds information on changes to the commissioning and procurement procedure by the National Citizen Service Trust in identifying delivery partners and subcontracted partners in the English regions to which it plans to deliver directly; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	221695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Ministers have not received representations on changes to the commissioning and procurement procedure by NCS Trust in the regions it plans to deliver directly.</p><p> </p><p>NCS Trust is running its Recommissioning Programme to execute a revised delivery model for the NCS, in order to help it meet its objectives. Central to this model is the procurement of three different types of partner organisations that together will enable the delivery of the NCS programme from start to finish. Officials in DCMS are working closely with colleagues in the NCS Trust to make sure the Recommissioning Programme is successful.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/02/2019 12:38:19 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1058820

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Canoeing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to English waterways for canoeists.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	219578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s sport strategy, Sporting Future, encourages and promotes outdoor recreation. Use of our waterways by all can be a creative and fun way to engage with the natural world and to stay healthy.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England is actively engaged with British Canoeing and the Canal and River Trust to get more people from all backgrounds active. In addition Sport England is providing £6.85m to British Canoeing for the period between 2017 to 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘public rights of navigation’ issue around access to waterways is dealt with by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and they are currently working with British Canoeing to consider solutions to access disputes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/02/2019 13:29:07 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley