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1061153

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	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	Garden Bridge Trust
	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 meetings were held between the chair of the Charity Commission and the Garden Bridge Trust before its registration as a charity.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	221693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Charity Commission. Helen Stephenson CBE, Chief Executive Officer, Charity Commission for England and Wales has responded with the attached letter.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/02/2019 13:12:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies attachment 1 file name 20190218 Letter to Mr Steve Reed MP, regarding Written Question 221693.pdf title Letter from Charity Commission
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1061154

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	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	Garden Bridge Trust
	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 performance of the Charity Commission in fulfilling its duties in relation to the Garden Bridge Trust.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	221694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Charity Commission is the independent regulator and registrar for charities in England and Wales. Its duty is to look at the extent trustees are meeting their legal duties and whether charities are complying with charity law</p><p> </p><p>It is not in the regulatory remit of the Commission to examine other issues such as the merits of a project or how it is funded</p><p><br> In 2016-17 the Commission undertook extensive scrutiny of the governance and oversight of the Garden Bridge Trust by its trustees. That case concluded that the trustees were meeting their duties and were acting in compliance with charity law.</p><p> </p><p>The outcomes of that case were published on the Commission’s website in early 2017:<br> <br> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/595064/garden_bridge_trust.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/595064/garden_bridge_trust.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Commission has continued its regulatory oversight since publishing the report. It has seen no evidence to date that the eventual failure of the project was as a result of failings or omissions on the part of the trustees of the Garden Bridge Trust, but is reviewing the final financial statements now available as part of its ongoing regulatory assessment</p><p><br> The Commission has continued to hold the Trust to account as necessary, such as when it was late in filing its accounts.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission has confirmed that it expects the Trust to publishing a full statement of total project costs. Once the Commission has received those documents and, following analysis, it is comfortable that there are no further regulatory concerns, the charity will move to wind up. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/02/2019 13:18:31 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1061201

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	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	Civil Society
	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 14 of the Government's Civil Society Strategy, published in August 2018, what steps his Department has taken to renew its commitment to the principles of the Compact.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	221716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Civil Society Strategy is long term, setting out our vision for government’s work with and for civil society over the next 10 years and beyond. This is an important recommendation in the Strategy. Whilst our resources are currently focused on other priorities from the Civil Society Strategy and on preparing for EU exit, we are exploring options for taking this forward and expect to progress later this year.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/02/2019 13:20:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1061202

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	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	Civil Society
	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 107 of the Government's Civil Society Strategy, published in August 2018, what steps his Department has taken to extend the support currently offered to public sector teams aspiring to form mutuals to other community-led and social organisations which are already outside the public sector and wish to deliver public services.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	221717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>As promised in the Civil Society Strategy, DCMS will launch a public consultation into the definition of public service mutuals (mutuals) and the implications of extending support to create mutuals that do not originate from within the public sector. Government is engaging with the stakeholders over the next few months to help develop its proposals, and intends to launch the public consultation later in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/02/2019 13:32:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1061203

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	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	Civil Society
	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 113 of the Government's Civil Society Strategy, published in August 2018, what steps his Department has taken review the Innovation Partnership model; and what steps his Department is taking to encourage contracting authorities to work directly with partners to research and develop an innovative project or service, including trialling the Innovative Partnership model.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	221718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The government is taking steps to explore the use of Innovation Partnerships procedures, with the VCSE Crown Representative also inputting into this initiative. This includes pilots in government, the first of which, the Hydrogen for Heat Programme run by BEIS, has now commenced. Further updates will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/02/2019 13:34:18 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1061206

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	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	Civil Society
	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 115 of the Government's Civil Society Strategy published in August 2018, whether his Department applies the terms of the Social Value Act to (a) goods and (b) works to account for the social value of new procurement.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	221719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>DCMS is continuing to work closely with the Cabinet Office to implement a package of measures for the future of social value and procurement. This was set out in the Civil Society Strategy and announced by Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, David Lidington.</p><p> </p><p>This includes a project to extend the application of the Social Value Act across central government departments from services to also include goods and works. Departments will be required to evaluate for social value benefits in the tender process too, providing they do not add complexity or cost to the procurement process, restrict markets or exclude small businesses from government contracts.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/02/2019 13:35:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed