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1078529

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Brexit
	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 many officials from (a) his Department and (b) the Office for Civil Society have been moved from their normal duties to work on preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	226677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon member to the answer given to PQ 218152 from 20th February. <strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 04/03/2019 16:55:24 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1127467

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	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	Bridges
	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 his Department plans to remove the construction and maintenance of bridges from the list of allowed charitable purposes for registered charities.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	256318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>There are no plans to change the legal test for charitable status as set out in the Charities Act 2011.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/05/2019 14:43:18 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1050226

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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	Centre for Ageing Better
	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 38 of the Civil Society Strategy published in August 2018, when his Department's review with the Centre for Ageing Better to set out principles for how to most effectively support people in later life to contribute their time, skills, and experience to their communities will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	213376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The government is fully committed to the Civil Society Strategy: it is the beginning of an ambitious, evolving work programme to help build a strong society. As part of this, the Centre for Ageing Better published its ‘Review of Community Contributions in Later life’ on 18th October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the findings of this review, DCMS is now working in partnership with the Centre for Ageing Better on the Age-Friendly and Inclusive Volunteering Fund announced in November 2018, to stimulate and test new approaches to sustain lifelong contribution. Successful grantees will be announced in March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/02/2019 17:06:24 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1024752

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	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: Complementary Medicine
	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 many charities who promote the use of complementary and alternative medicine have been investigated by the Charity Commission in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	202110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The Charity Commission for England and Wales publishes annual transparency data, which includes analyses of its statutory inquiry, compliance and monitoring casework according to the information on the register of charities and submitted by charities in their annual returns.</p><p> </p><p>This includes a breakdown of casework statistics by classification, beneficiary group, income, and the charities’ age (years since registration) and can be seen here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/analysis-of-charities-subject-to-an-inquiry-or-compliance-case#inquiry-case-statistics:-2017-18" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/analysis-of-charities-subject-to-an-inquiry-or-compliance-case#inquiry-case-statistics:-2017-18</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Charity Commission does not provide case statistics specifically on charities who promote the use of complementary and alternative medicine. The breakdown includes charities classified as being for ‘advancement of health / saving lives’, but the Commission does not disaggregate this classification any further, and some charities may use or promote CAM therapies as one part of a much wider range of activities.</p><p> </p><p>The Charity Commission has updated its approach to assessing the charitable status of organisations that promote complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies. That approach is reflected in revised internal guidance and a report setting out the outcome of its review, was published last week, and can be seen here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/updated-approach-to-assessing-applications-from-organisations-promoting-complementary-and-alternative-therapies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/updated-approach-to-assessing-applications-from-organisations-promoting-complementary-and-alternative-therapies</a> .</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/12/2018 17:52:20 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1037775

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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	Charities: Contracts
	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 estimate his Department has made of the number of charities that are running a deficit on statutory contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	206370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>We do not centrally hold data on government contracts with charities for statutory services. The viability of a particular contract is matter for the relevant government department. If organisations are concerned about a procurement process, we encourage them to refer to the Public Procurement Review Service, the details of which can be found on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/01/2019 14:36:51 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1024006

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	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: Ethnic Groups
	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 has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the finding in The Grant Givers' Movement report that trusts and foundations have a serious problem of bias against some charities led by people from ethnic minority backgrounds.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	201720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The government believes firmly in the value and importance of diversity in the charity sector, including on boards and amongst trusts and foundations. I am confident that this view is shared by the sector, and that trusts and foundations will be looking at the findings of this report to identify what further action is needed and where lessons can be learned.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 17/12/2018 16:49:02 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1092280

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	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	Charities: Investment
	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 appropriateness of charities investing in industries that contribute to climate change.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	234858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Charities can invest in a number of ways to achieve their charitable aims. Most often this involves investments that seek to achieve a financial return for the charity to spend on its aims. However increasingly, charities are adopting an ethical approach to investment, as well as making social investments which directly further their charitable aims.</p><p> </p><p>It is for a charity’s trustees to decide on their charity’s investment strategy, which can include adopting an ethical investment approach.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 25/03/2019 15:42:45 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1056723

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	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	Charities: Registration
	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 reasons behind the rise in the number of small charities leaving the Charity Commission's register in 2018; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	218316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Charity Commission for England and Wales has confirmed that for the past three years a total of 12,708 charities with a declared income of less than £1.5M have been removed from the Register of Charities</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Charities removed: income less than £1.5M</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>3,856</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>4,069</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>4,783</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>One reason for the increased number of charities coming off the register of charities in 2018 is that the Charity Commission undertook a proactive exercise to remove charities that no longer appeared to be in operation. <br> <br> Overall, the number of registered charities has grown in the last ten years from 160,500 in 2009 to 168,200 in 2019. Applications for registration as a charity have increased by 40% in the past 5 years, reaching a record high of 8,375 applications in 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/02/2019 14:46:18 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1022996

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	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	Charity Commission: 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 recent assessment he has made of the future funding needs of the Charity Commission; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	200707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>As the regulator of charities in England and Wales, the Charity Commission performs an important service on behalf of the public.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission has set out a new strategic direction and outlined what it believes is necessary to meet its purpose of ensuring charity can thrive and inspire trust so people can improve lives and strengthen society.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2018, government awarded the Charity Commission an additional £5 million a year and, in the Civil Society Strategy, committed to work with the Commission to ensure it is placed on a secure and sustainable financial footing and adequately resourced to meet future challenges.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/12/2018 16:32:41 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1082622

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	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	Charity Commission: 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 recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding allocated to the Charity Commission.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	229162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Charity Commission is the regulator of charities in England and Wales. For charities to thrive, the sector needs a strong and effective regulator. Last year additional government funding of £5m per year was agreed in recognition of the growing pressures on the Commission’s core regulatory functions, particularly registration and compliance. The Civil Society Strategy has committed to further work with the Commission, in order to ensure it is adequately resourced to meet any future challenges.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/03/2019 14:12:02 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed