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89455

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, whether his Department has approached (a) NESTA and (b) Big Lottery to request them to fund the Big Society Network or the Social Network Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	207320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has not had any discussions with NESTA regarding funding for the Big Society Network, and did not approach NESTA or Big Lottery Fund and ask them to fund the Big Society Network.</p><p>No discussions with Big Lottery Fund concerning the Society Network Foundation or Big Society Network were held by either Cabinet Office Ministers or Officials.</p><p>Cabinet Office holds regular sponsorship meetings with Big Lottery Fund, which cover governance, accounting and efficiency issues but not funding applications or decisions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 207303 207321 question first answered 05/09/2014 11:16:21 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

89456

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, what recent discussions his Department has had with NESTA on funding the Big Society Network.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	207321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has not had any discussions with NESTA regarding funding for the Big Society Network, and did not approach NESTA or Big Lottery Fund and ask them to fund the Big Society Network.</p><p>No discussions with Big Lottery Fund concerning the Society Network Foundation or Big Society Network were held by either Cabinet Office Ministers or Officials.</p><p>Cabinet Office holds regular sponsorship meetings with Big Lottery Fund, which cover governance, accounting and efficiency issues but not funding applications or decisions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 207303 207320 question first answered 05/09/2014 11:16:21 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

89457

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, what steps he is taking to recover the money spent on the Get In project.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	207322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>The Get In project experienced difficulties in its first quarter. The Cabinet Office worked with Society Network Foundation to assess whether these difficulties could be overcome. When it was concluded that they could not, the project was stopped and Cabinet Office paid only up to that point. This is standard practice when funding small charities to undertake innovative projects.</p><p>The Civil Society Compact states that funders should attempt to support organisations overcome difficulties and should give at least three months’ notice before ending a financial relationship with a charitable organisation.</p><p>The Social Investment Business is currently following their standard procedure to investigate and take appropriate action where funds received by Social Network Foundation for the Get In project may not have been used for the purposes for which the grant was given.</p><p>Regarding grant funds spent on the Get In project, Cabinet Office would not normally seek to recover funds spent in line with a grant agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 207325 question first answered 05/09/2014 11:11:36 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

89460

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	Voluntary Work: Young People
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 people enrolled in the National Citizen Service.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	207123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>Successive independent evaluations have shown that National Citizen Service has seen significant growth in participation across England and Northern Ireland, with the programme seeing its 100,000th participant this year. The programme is delivered by regional providers who are performance managed by the NCS Trust, an independent not-for-profit organisation. Regional performance is regularly monitored, along with other factors including quality of NCS delivery and the social mix of participants.</p><p>An independent evaluation of NCS will be published by Cabinet Office in 2015, after the conclusion of the 2014 NCS programmes, and will detail the costs and number of young participants during 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 207119 207122 question first answered 05/09/2014 11:18:31 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

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

89464

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 Lottery Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he willl take steps to revise the criteria for awarding grants to ensure that organisations less than two years old cannot apply for grants from the Big Lottery Fund.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	207304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>The Big Lottery Fund is independent of government in its decision-making on funding and grant awards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark question first answered 05/09/2014 11:08:57 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