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90594

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Charities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of charities registered in the UK primarily or substantially funded from Middle Eastern sources; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	208181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>Charity regulation is a devolved matter in Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p><p>The annual accounts of charities in England and Wales are available on the Charity Commission’s website but the data requested on funding sources is not routinely held. Some charities may include information about the source of their donations in their accounts but they are not required to do so.</p><p>The Charity Commission is alert to the potential abuse of humanitarian aid efforts through facilitating travel for individuals for other purposes, particularly to conflict zones where terrorist groups are known to operate or exert control, including in Syria and Iraq.</p><p>There is a risk that charities working in certain areas, including those where so-called Islamic State militants operate, may be abused for non-charitable purposes. This is of serious concern to the Charity Commission. The Charity Commission has issued alerts to charities operating in these areas and advice to members of the public of how to give safely to ensure that their donations reach the intended charitable target. This information is available on the Charity Commission’s website.</p><p>Where there are concerns about suspected terrorist or extremist abuse connected to a charity the Charity Commission will support the Police in conducting criminal investigations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 208329 question first answered 11/09/2014 14:32:05 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

90608

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Charities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any charities registered in the UK are donating funds or other support to Islamic State militants; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	208329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>Charity regulation is a devolved matter in Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p><p>The annual accounts of charities in England and Wales are available on the Charity Commission’s website but the data requested on funding sources is not routinely held. Some charities may include information about the source of their donations in their accounts but they are not required to do so.</p><p>The Charity Commission is alert to the potential abuse of humanitarian aid efforts through facilitating travel for individuals for other purposes, particularly to conflict zones where terrorist groups are known to operate or exert control, including in Syria and Iraq.</p><p>There is a risk that charities working in certain areas, including those where so-called Islamic State militants operate, may be abused for non-charitable purposes. This is of serious concern to the Charity Commission. The Charity Commission has issued alerts to charities operating in these areas and advice to members of the public of how to give safely to ensure that their donations reach the intended charitable target. This information is available on the Charity Commission’s website.</p><p>Where there are concerns about suspected terrorist or extremist abuse connected to a charity the Charity Commission will support the Police in conducting criminal investigations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 208181 question first answered 11/09/2014 14:32:05 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

89461

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Big Society Network
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which officials in his Department made the decision to refer the bids for grants from the Big Lottery Fund to the Big Society Network and the Society Network Foundation back to the Social Investment Business.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	207295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>Decisions taken regarding the Cabinet Office’s Social Action Fund grant to Society Network Foundation, made through the Social Investment Business, were made via the designated decision-making mechanism for this programme – the Minister for Civil Society, supported by the programme’s Advisory Panel.</p><p>The Big Lottery Fund is independent from government in its decision-making on specific funding and grant awards, and no Ministers or Cabinet Office officials had any involvement in any decisions taken by them regarding the grants made to the Society Network Foundation or Big Society Network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 207293 207294 207323 207324 question first answered 05/09/2014 11:13:55 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

89462

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Big Society Network
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which grade of officials in his Department made the decision to refer the bids for grants from the Big Lottery Fund and the Cabinet Office to the Big Society Network and the Society Network Foundation back to the Social Investment Business.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	207294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>Decisions taken regarding the Cabinet Office’s Social Action Fund grant to Society Network Foundation, made through the Social Investment Business, were made via the designated decision-making mechanism for this programme – the Minister for Civil Society, supported by the programme’s Advisory Panel.</p><p>The Big Lottery Fund is independent from government in its decision-making on specific funding and grant awards, and no Ministers or Cabinet Office officials had any involvement in any decisions taken by them regarding the grants made to the Society Network Foundation or Big Society Network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 207293 207295 207323 207324 question first answered 05/09/2014 11:13:55 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

89463

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Big Society Network
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister authorised the decision to refer the bids from the Big Lottery Fund and the Cabinet Office to the Big Society Network and the Society Network Foundation back to the Social Investment Business.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	207293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>Decisions taken regarding the Cabinet Office’s Social Action Fund grant to Society Network Foundation, made through the Social Investment Business, were made via the designated decision-making mechanism for this programme – the Minister for Civil Society, supported by the programme’s Advisory Panel.</p><p>The Big Lottery Fund is independent from government in its decision-making on specific funding and grant awards, and no Ministers or Cabinet Office officials had any involvement in any decisions taken by them regarding the grants made to the Society Network Foundation or Big Society Network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 207294 207295 207323 207324 question first answered 05/09/2014 11:13:55 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

89465

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Big Society Network
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which official in his Department authorised the Cabinet Office's payment to the Society Network Foundation for the Get In project in October 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	207323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>Decisions taken regarding the Cabinet Office’s Social Action Fund grant to Society Network Foundation, made through the Social Investment Business, were made via the designated decision-making mechanism for this programme – the Minister for Civil Society, supported by the programme’s Advisory Panel.</p><p>The Big Lottery Fund is independent from government in its decision-making on specific funding and grant awards, and no Ministers or Cabinet Office officials had any involvement in any decisions taken by them regarding the grants made to the Society Network Foundation or Big Society Network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 207293 207294 207295 207324 question first answered 05/09/2014 11:13:55 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

89466

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Big Society Network
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister authorised the Cabinet Office's payment to the Society Network Foundation for the Get In project in October 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	207324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>Decisions taken regarding the Cabinet Office’s Social Action Fund grant to Society Network Foundation, made through the Social Investment Business, were made via the designated decision-making mechanism for this programme – the Minister for Civil Society, supported by the programme’s Advisory Panel.</p><p>The Big Lottery Fund is independent from government in its decision-making on specific funding and grant awards, and no Ministers or Cabinet Office officials had any involvement in any decisions taken by them regarding the grants made to the Society Network Foundation or Big Society Network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 207293 207294 207295 207323 question first answered 05/09/2014 11:13:55 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

78651

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Food Banks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the oral Answer from the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, to the hon. Member for York Central of 17 July 2014, what the details are of the joint visits made by Government Ministers and the Church to examine the role of food banks; what the Government's policies are to reduce the number of people living in poverty and dependent on food banks; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	206403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>Discussion on the use of food banks involves various Government departments. I lead on Government’s engagement with civil society organisations. There has been an extremely impressive response by civil society and faith groups to support vulnerable people. Following the Rt. Hon Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner’s meeting with a regional group of Church leaders to listen to and discuss the Church’s views on food banks, I will be meeting with three more such groups in the near future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark question first answered 02/09/2014 15:51:18 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

90417

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Big Society Network
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, under what criteria the Big Society Network was contracted to run the Giving Summits.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	208125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Grants were awarded to Society Network Foundation to deliver aspects for the Big Society Awards and the Giving Summit following consideration of proposals put forward by Society Network Foundation.</p><p>In 2012-13, £350,000 was paid to Society Network Foundation for the delivery of aspects of the Big Society Awards, £12,000 for delivering certain aspects of the Giving Summit and promotion of the Big Society. In 2013-14, £150,000 was paid to Society Network Foundation for delivery of aspects of the Big Society Awards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 208126 208127 208128 question first answered 08/09/2014 16:32:13 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

90418

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Big Society Network
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Big Society Network has received for administering the Big Society Awards in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	208126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Grants were awarded to Society Network Foundation to deliver aspects for the Big Society Awards and the Giving Summit following consideration of proposals put forward by Society Network Foundation.</p><p>In 2012-13, £350,000 was paid to Society Network Foundation for the delivery of aspects of the Big Society Awards, £12,000 for delivering certain aspects of the Giving Summit and promotion of the Big Society. In 2013-14, £150,000 was paid to Society Network Foundation for delivery of aspects of the Big Society Awards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 208125 208127 208128 question first answered 08/09/2014 16:32:13 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy