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registered interest
date	15/09/2020
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	Arts Council
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 progress his Department has been made on implementing the Arts Council 10 Year Plan.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	90179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>The detail of how ACE will deliver the Let’s Create strategy is set out through Delivery Plans, lasting for 3-4 years each. ACE was due to publish its Delivery Plan for 2020-23 in May, but this has been delayed due to the current crisis. A new timetable for publication has not yet been set. Given that Delivery Plans are shorter-term documents which set out how ACE will deliver the strategy, reflecting the priorities of the current government, ACE and DCMS are working closely to develop ACE’s 2020-23 Delivery Plan and will publish in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 30/09/2020 11:13:48 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1234036

registered interest
date	14/09/2020
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	Loneliness: Coronavirus
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 the news story, Chancellor sets out extra £750 million coronavirus funding for frontline charities, published on 8 April 2020, how much of the £5 million allocated to the Loneliness Covid-19 Grant Fund has been (a) allocated to and (b) received by organisations.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	89780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>On 13 May 2020, government launched the £5 million Loneliness Covid-19 grant fund to enable national organisations working to tackle loneliness and build social connections to continue and adapt their critical work. On 15 June 2020, nine grants, totalling £4,920,000, were announced. Further details on successful organisations, including project descriptions and grant amounts, can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/loneliness-minister-write-letters-to-people-isolating-at-home" target="_blank">here</a>. The remaining £80,000 has been set aside for an independent evaluation of the Loneliness Covid-19 Fund.</p><p>As of Thursday 17th September, £2,029,599.80 has been disbursed to organisations. The remaining £2,890,400.20 of grant funding will be disbursed to and spent by organisations by end-December 2020. The £80,000 of evaluation costs will be spent by end-March 2021.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 21/09/2020 14:09:00 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1234227

registered interest
date	14/09/2020
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	Tourism: 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, what additional (a) business and (b) financial support for the tourism industry he has discussed with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	89784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>We are in regular contact with the Treasury regarding the impact of Covid-19 on tourism and hospitality. We continue to monitor the situation and are taking steps to support the sector as it moves to the autumn season.</p><p>As well as providing business support and stimulating consumer demand via domestic marketing activity and through the recent Eat Out To Help Out scheme, the Government has implemented a series of financial measures that will assist tourism business over the coming months. This includes the cut to VAT which will last into January and business rates relief for hospitality, retail and leisure businesses, which will last until the end of March.</p><p>We are continuing to engage across Government and with stakeholders to assess how we can most effectively support the recovery of tourism and hospitality across the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 89785 question first answered 21/09/2020 13:51:59 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1234228

registered interest
date	14/09/2020
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	Hospitality Industry: 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, what additional (a) business and (b) financial support for the hospitality industry he has discussed with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	89785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>We are in regular contact with the Treasury regarding the impact of Covid-19 on tourism and hospitality. We continue to monitor the situation and are taking steps to support the sector as it moves to the autumn season.</p><p>As well as providing business support and stimulating consumer demand via domestic marketing activity and through the recent Eat Out To Help Out scheme, the Government has implemented a series of financial measures that will assist tourism business over the coming months. This includes the cut to VAT which will last into January and business rates relief for hospitality, retail and leisure businesses, which will last until the end of March.</p><p>We are continuing to engage across Government and with stakeholders to assess how we can most effectively support the recovery of tourism and hospitality across the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 89784 question first answered 21/09/2020 13:51:59 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1234229

registered interest
date	14/09/2020
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	Museums and Galleries: Coronavirus
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 is taking steps to ensure that local authorities support public local museums and galleries during the next phases of the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	89786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>Local authority owned museums and galleries, who have exhausted other avenues for funding, were entitled to apply for support through the government’s major £1.57 billion support package for cultural organisations. This funding is designed to support organisations through the coronavirus pandemic, available until spring 2021.</p><p>Culture and Heritage are at the heart of communities across the country, enriching the lives of millions and this financial investment is testament to the role this sector plays in our lives.</p><p>This fund will protect cultural assets of international, national and regional importance, including supporting the levelling up agenda by preventing the loss of valuable cultural fabric from our towns and regions.</p><p>In addition, MHCLG is providing local authorities with an unprecedented package of support, including £3.7bn of un-ringfenced grants. This direct  financial support  the government has provided is just part of a comprehensive package of support  which includes cashflow measures as well as grants and business rates reliefs for businesses. The Secretary of State for Communities has also announced a co-payment scheme to cover irrecoverable losses in sales, fees and charges income in 2020/21, such as revenue from cultural assets which have been depressed by the pandemic.</p><p>The Government continues to monitor the impact of these and other measures and both my department and Arts Council England, the sector’s development body, are in regular touch with local authority museums to engage them on such issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/09/2020 14:56:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1234230

registered interest
date	14/09/2020
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	Public Libraries: Coronavirus
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 is taking steps to ensure that local authorities support local libraries during the next phases of the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	89787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government is providing local councils with unprecedented support during the pandemic with a £4.3 billion package, including £3.7 billion which is not ringfenced and £600 million to support social care providers. This is part of a wider package of almost £28 billion which the Government has committed to support local areas, with funding going to councils, businesses and communities.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DCMS has a statutory duty to superintend, and promote the improvement of, the public library service provided by local authorities in England. To assist delivery of this statutory duty, DCMS issued a joint letter with the Local Government Association to all local authorities in England requesting detail of restoration of their library services given the opening of physical library buildings is now permitted. This detail will assist the department’s engagement with local authorities and its ongoing monitoring of library service provision.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DCMS continues to work closely with Libraries Connected and other key stakeholders to ensure that the Libraries Connected Service Recovery Toolkit remains relevant and continues to assist libraries with their opening and reintroduction of their services during the pandemic.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/09/2020 17:13:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1233722

registered interest
date	11/09/2020
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: Redundancy
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 his Department is recording redundancies from voluntary and community organisations making fewer than 20 people redundant during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	88900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>Employers proposing to make fewer than 20 redundancies are not required to report this. DCMS continues to engage closely with the community and voluntary sector to understand the impact of covid-19 on the sector and its important work. However, DCMS does not record redundancy data.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 23/09/2020 14:56:58 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1233726

registered interest
date	11/09/2020
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 Lottery Community Fund
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 the news story, Chancellor sets out extra £750 million coronavirus funding for frontline charities, published on 8 April 2020, how much of the £370 million National Lottery Community funding has been (a) allocated and (b) received by organisations to date.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	88903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government has made available an unprecedented £750 million package of support, specifically for charities, social enterprises and the voluntary sector. This will ensure charities and other civil society organisations, including those at risk of financial hardship, can continue their vital work during the Covid-19 outbreak.</p><p>Of the £750m, £200 million of this money is being distributed by the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) through the Coronavirus Community Support Fund (CCSF). As of 13th September 2020, £116,162,678 million has been awarded to organisations through this Fund, which is being disbursed to them in accordance with the payment profiles set out in the onward grant agreements. Of this amount, £58,332,938 has been allocated to medium sized organisations and £25,795,260 to small organisations.</p><p>The eligibility criteria used by NLCF to assess CCSF funding applications can be found on the NLCF’s website: <a href="https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/covid-19-funding-over-10k#section-2" target="_blank">https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/covid-19-funding-over-10k#section-2</a>. A list of all organisations that have been awarded funding from the CCSF will be published once the allocation process is complete.</p><p>£85 million has been allocated to the ‘Community Match Challenge’ which is matching funds raised by philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations to further support small to medium sized organisations from across the country working with those who are most vulnerable and have been hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak. This Fund closed for bids on 2nd August and the outcome will be announced shortly.</p><p>A further £4.8 million will be distributed to the Voluntary and Community Sector Emergencies Partnership - a group that comes together to improve national and local coordination before, during and after emergencies - to help strengthen the voluntary sector’s response to coronavirus and future emergencies.</p><p>To support the BBC’s 'Big Night In' (BNI), the Government matched the generous donations of the public across the country with a grant for £20 million to the National Emergencies Trust (NET) which is working in Partnership with the UK Community Foundations and a further £17 million which was shared between Comic Relief (CR) and Children in Need (CiN). As of 11 September, £16,641,702.24 has been allocated by all three funds with awards disbursed to charities through the usual process. The eligibility criteria used to assess applications for BNI funding can be found here for the NET element of the funding: <a href="https://www.ukcommunityfoundations.org/our-programmes" target="_blank">https://www.ukcommunityfoundations.org/our-programmes</a> and here for CR and CiN funding: <a href="https://www.comicrelief.com/funding" target="_blank">https://www.comicrelief.com/funding</a></p><p>£360 million has been allocated by central government departments with £200 million of this directly supporting hospices across the country. The remaining funding has been allocated and awarded, as follows, with distribution to charities undertaken by the relevant department in accordance with the relevant grant agreements:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Fund/Department/Allocation</p></td><td><p>Awarded (as at 11 September 2020)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£5m Loneliness Fund, DCMS</p></td><td><p>£4.92m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£14m Zoos Support Fund, DEFRA (with top-up of £86m from HMT in July)</p></td><td><p>£2.19m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£6m Homelessness Fund, MHCLG</p></td><td><p>£5.92m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£34.15m Vulnerable Children Fund, DfE and Home Office</p></td><td><p>£11.8m through HO £21.8m through DfE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£27m Domestic Abuse Survivors and Survivors of Sexual Violence, MoJ and Home Office</p></td><td><p>£22.1m through MoJ £1.7m through HO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£1.8m Survivors of Modern Slavery, Home Office</p></td><td><p>£1.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£5.4m Legal Advice, MoJ</p></td><td><p>£5.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£16m Meals for Those in Need, DEFRA</p></td><td><p>£15.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£15m Support for the Citizens Advice service, BEIS</p></td><td><p>£15m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£22m Support for Health Charities, DHSC</p></td><td><p>£23.7m (includes additional DHSC match funding over minimum requirements)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£6m Support for Armed Services, MoD</p></td><td><p>£6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£10m Domestic Abuse safe accommodation fund, MHCLG</p></td><td><p>£8.8m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 88905 88906 88907 88908 question first answered 21/09/2020 14:06:42 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1233730

registered interest
date	11/09/2020
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	Charities: Coronavirus
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 the news story, Chancellor sets out extra £750 million coronavirus funding for frontline charities, published on 8 April 2020, how much of the funding allocated to small and medium organisations has been (a) allocated and (b) received by organisations to date; and what the regional allocation is of that funding.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	88905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government has made available an unprecedented £750 million package of support, specifically for charities, social enterprises and the voluntary sector. This will ensure charities and other civil society organisations, including those at risk of financial hardship, can continue their vital work during the Covid-19 outbreak.</p><p>Of the £750m, £200 million of this money is being distributed by the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) through the Coronavirus Community Support Fund (CCSF). As of 13th September 2020, £116,162,678 million has been awarded to organisations through this Fund, which is being disbursed to them in accordance with the payment profiles set out in the onward grant agreements. Of this amount, £58,332,938 has been allocated to medium sized organisations and £25,795,260 to small organisations.</p><p>The eligibility criteria used by NLCF to assess CCSF funding applications can be found on the NLCF’s website: <a href="https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/covid-19-funding-over-10k#section-2" target="_blank">https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/covid-19-funding-over-10k#section-2</a>. A list of all organisations that have been awarded funding from the CCSF will be published once the allocation process is complete.</p><p>£85 million has been allocated to the ‘Community Match Challenge’ which is matching funds raised by philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations to further support small to medium sized organisations from across the country working with those who are most vulnerable and have been hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak. This Fund closed for bids on 2nd August and the outcome will be announced shortly.</p><p>A further £4.8 million will be distributed to the Voluntary and Community Sector Emergencies Partnership - a group that comes together to improve national and local coordination before, during and after emergencies - to help strengthen the voluntary sector’s response to coronavirus and future emergencies.</p><p>To support the BBC’s 'Big Night In' (BNI), the Government matched the generous donations of the public across the country with a grant for £20 million to the National Emergencies Trust (NET) which is working in Partnership with the UK Community Foundations and a further £17 million which was shared between Comic Relief (CR) and Children in Need (CiN). As of 11 September, £16,641,702.24 has been allocated by all three funds with awards disbursed to charities through the usual process. The eligibility criteria used to assess applications for BNI funding can be found here for the NET element of the funding: <a href="https://www.ukcommunityfoundations.org/our-programmes" target="_blank">https://www.ukcommunityfoundations.org/our-programmes</a> and here for CR and CiN funding: <a href="https://www.comicrelief.com/funding" target="_blank">https://www.comicrelief.com/funding</a></p><p>£360 million has been allocated by central government departments with £200 million of this directly supporting hospices across the country. The remaining funding has been allocated and awarded, as follows, with distribution to charities undertaken by the relevant department in accordance with the relevant grant agreements:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Fund/Department/Allocation</p></td><td><p>Awarded (as at 11 September 2020)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£5m Loneliness Fund, DCMS</p></td><td><p>£4.92m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£14m Zoos Support Fund, DEFRA (with top-up of £86m from HMT in July)</p></td><td><p>£2.19m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£6m Homelessness Fund, MHCLG</p></td><td><p>£5.92m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£34.15m Vulnerable Children Fund, DfE and Home Office</p></td><td><p>£11.8m through HO £21.8m through DfE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£27m Domestic Abuse Survivors and Survivors of Sexual Violence, MoJ and Home Office</p></td><td><p>£22.1m through MoJ £1.7m through HO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£1.8m Survivors of Modern Slavery, Home Office</p></td><td><p>£1.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£5.4m Legal Advice, MoJ</p></td><td><p>£5.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£16m Meals for Those in Need, DEFRA</p></td><td><p>£15.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£15m Support for the Citizens Advice service, BEIS</p></td><td><p>£15m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£22m Support for Health Charities, DHSC</p></td><td><p>£23.7m (includes additional DHSC match funding over minimum requirements)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£6m Support for Armed Services, MoD</p></td><td><p>£6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£10m Domestic Abuse safe accommodation fund, MHCLG</p></td><td><p>£8.8m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 88903 88906 88907 88908 question first answered 21/09/2020 14:06:42 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1233734

registered interest
date	11/09/2020
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 Lottery Community Fund
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 the news story, Chancellor sets out extra £750 million coronavirus funding for frontline charities, published on 8 April 2020, how much of the £370 million allocated to the National Lottery Community Fund and held back for emergencies has been allocated to date; what criteria was used to allocate that funding; and which organisations have received an allocation of that funding.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	88906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government has made available an unprecedented £750 million package of support, specifically for charities, social enterprises and the voluntary sector. This will ensure charities and other civil society organisations, including those at risk of financial hardship, can continue their vital work during the Covid-19 outbreak.</p><p>Of the £750m, £200 million of this money is being distributed by the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) through the Coronavirus Community Support Fund (CCSF). As of 13th September 2020, £116,162,678 million has been awarded to organisations through this Fund, which is being disbursed to them in accordance with the payment profiles set out in the onward grant agreements. Of this amount, £58,332,938 has been allocated to medium sized organisations and £25,795,260 to small organisations.</p><p>The eligibility criteria used by NLCF to assess CCSF funding applications can be found on the NLCF’s website: <a href="https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/covid-19-funding-over-10k#section-2" target="_blank">https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/covid-19-funding-over-10k#section-2</a>. A list of all organisations that have been awarded funding from the CCSF will be published once the allocation process is complete.</p><p>£85 million has been allocated to the ‘Community Match Challenge’ which is matching funds raised by philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations to further support small to medium sized organisations from across the country working with those who are most vulnerable and have been hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak. This Fund closed for bids on 2nd August and the outcome will be announced shortly.</p><p>A further £4.8 million will be distributed to the Voluntary and Community Sector Emergencies Partnership - a group that comes together to improve national and local coordination before, during and after emergencies - to help strengthen the voluntary sector’s response to coronavirus and future emergencies.</p><p>To support the BBC’s 'Big Night In' (BNI), the Government matched the generous donations of the public across the country with a grant for £20 million to the National Emergencies Trust (NET) which is working in Partnership with the UK Community Foundations and a further £17 million which was shared between Comic Relief (CR) and Children in Need (CiN). As of 11 September, £16,641,702.24 has been allocated by all three funds with awards disbursed to charities through the usual process. The eligibility criteria used to assess applications for BNI funding can be found here for the NET element of the funding: <a href="https://www.ukcommunityfoundations.org/our-programmes" target="_blank">https://www.ukcommunityfoundations.org/our-programmes</a> and here for CR and CiN funding: <a href="https://www.comicrelief.com/funding" target="_blank">https://www.comicrelief.com/funding</a></p><p>£360 million has been allocated by central government departments with £200 million of this directly supporting hospices across the country. The remaining funding has been allocated and awarded, as follows, with distribution to charities undertaken by the relevant department in accordance with the relevant grant agreements:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Fund/Department/Allocation</p></td><td><p>Awarded (as at 11 September 2020)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£5m Loneliness Fund, DCMS</p></td><td><p>£4.92m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£14m Zoos Support Fund, DEFRA (with top-up of £86m from HMT in July)</p></td><td><p>£2.19m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£6m Homelessness Fund, MHCLG</p></td><td><p>£5.92m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£34.15m Vulnerable Children Fund, DfE and Home Office</p></td><td><p>£11.8m through HO £21.8m through DfE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£27m Domestic Abuse Survivors and Survivors of Sexual Violence, MoJ and Home Office</p></td><td><p>£22.1m through MoJ £1.7m through HO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£1.8m Survivors of Modern Slavery, Home Office</p></td><td><p>£1.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£5.4m Legal Advice, MoJ</p></td><td><p>£5.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£16m Meals for Those in Need, DEFRA</p></td><td><p>£15.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£15m Support for the Citizens Advice service, BEIS</p></td><td><p>£15m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£22m Support for Health Charities, DHSC</p></td><td><p>£23.7m (includes additional DHSC match funding over minimum requirements)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£6m Support for Armed Services, MoD</p></td><td><p>£6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£10m Domestic Abuse safe accommodation fund, MHCLG</p></td><td><p>£8.8m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 88903 88905 88907 88908 question first answered 21/09/2020 14:06:42 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell