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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

90733

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	Immigration: Russia
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 Russian citizens resident in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	208331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark question first answered 09/09/2014 15:30:11 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark attachment 1 file name PQ 208331.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Russian Citizen's Resident
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

91337

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	Youth Services
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 maintain the level of youth services provision.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	905304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>We are working to offer practical support to the youth sector at a time when local authorities continue to make difficult decisions on how to deliver services. This support focuses on promoting delivery models for innovative services, including mutuals, and better measurement of the impact of youth services on the lives of young people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark question first answered 10/09/2014 15:47:48 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

91338

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	Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps the Government has taken to promote social action and volunteering.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	905306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>Social action, including volunteering, is changing lives. This Government – through the Centre for Social Action – is proud to be supporting projects that put social action into practice.</p><p>Cabinet Office and Nesta recently hosted the ‘People Helping People’ conference to promote the important opportunities social action presents.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark question first answered 10/09/2014 15:52:00 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

91339

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	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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the summer 2014 National Citizen Service programmes.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	905305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>National Citizen Service has grown significantly this summer with the programme seeing its 100,000th participant.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark question first answered 10/09/2014 15:49:13 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes