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1180332

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to freeze fuel duty.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	20453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that transport is a significant cost for households and businesses, and at Budget 2018 the main rate of fuel duty was frozen for the ninth successive year, saving the average car driver £1000 since the freeze.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review and changes are announced at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/03/2020 16:24:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1180333

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding she has allocated to civil society and campaigning bodies in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	20454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>Civil Society forms an essential part of our communities up and down the country. It includes large, national charities, social enterprises, volunteers and small grassroots organisations but what joins them all is the idea of creating social value to help build a better society.</p><p>Government funding to civil society is ring-fenced for particular projects or programmes. Grant agreement terms and conditions prohibit grant funding being used for paid for lobbying and political campaigning.</p><p>Information on grants awarded to civil society can be found be here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-grants-register" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-grants-register</a></p><p>Published grant funding that was approved and was made available to organisations categorised as civil societies by the Home Office for following financial years was:</p><p>2017-18: £23,608,511</p><p>2016-17: £24,563,857</p><p>2015-16: £20,642,744</p><p>Information for financial year 2018-19 is not yet published.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/03/2020 16:27:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1180334

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding he has allocated to civil society and campaigning bodies in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	20455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>Civil society forms an essential part of our communities, and encompasses large, national charities, social enterprises, volunteers and small grassroots organisations, but what joins them all is the idea of creating social value to help build a better society. Government funding to civil society is ring-fenced for particular projects or programmes. Grant agreement terms and conditions prohibit grant funding being used for paid for lobbying and political campaigning.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Grants Register holds information on all grant schemes dating from 2013-14, and can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-grants-register" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-grants-register</a></p><p> </p><p>The Armed Forces Covenant Fund has £10 million per year to support projects, including funding various charities and support networks, that aim to improve the lives of the Armed Forces Community. The Fund is delivered by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, and Trustees decide on programme recommendations which are submitted to the cross-government Covenant Reference Group (CRG). Following approval by the CRG, these are delivered as priorities. Open and transparent criteria is published in the programme guidance documents and interested organisations apply in line with the published criteria. Applications are assessed, and expert advice may be sought where appropriate. Decisions on grants are made by the Trustees, and when funding is limited, grants are awarded to those applications which are based on a national portfolio perspective. Details on the projects the Trust has funded are available at: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.covenantfund.org.uk%2Fgrants-weve-funded%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CKYRIACOS.SOTERIS100%40mod.gov.uk%7C6d5c89f489744a7502a608d7bc68cd5d%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C637185031582847354&amp;sdata=nYy3xJxqQ81f4dR3yx1xZZEoNAIji6csFl1apUNNlg8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.covenantfund.org.uk/grants-weve-funded/</a></p><p> </p><p>Additionally, Armed Forces related LIBOR grants, including bespoke funds such as the Armed Forces Covenant Fund and Aged Veterans Fund, were committed by HM Treasury and administered by Ministry of Defence. Veterans, emergency services charities and other related good causes benefitted from hundreds of millions of pounds from LIBOR banking fines. With £773 million committed since 2012, the LIBOR grant scheme officially closed in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Details on the total LIBOR funding allocated to projects by year, has been published at the following links:</p><p> </p><p>2012-2015: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-covenant-libor-fund-successful-projects" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-covenant-libor-fund-successful-projects</a></p><p> </p><p>2016: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-statement-2016-libor-commitments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-statement-2016-libor-commitments</a></p><p> </p><p>2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/libor-funding-applications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/libor-funding-applications</a></p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 03/03/2020 12:21:21 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1180335

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding he has allocated to civil society and campaigning bodies in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	20456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>Civil Society forms an essential part of our communities up and down the country. It includes large, national charities, social enterprises, volunteers and small grassroots organisations but what joins them all is the idea of creating social value to help build a better society. <br> <br> Government funding to civil society is ring-fenced for particular projects or programmes. Grant agreement terms and conditions prohibit grant funding being used for paid for lobbying and political campaigning</p><p><br> Each of the Department’s (MHCLG/DCLG) published Annual Report and Financial Accounts lists the charitable bodies and the amounts (Section 70 payments) that were funded by the Department. The Department does not record whether the body is a ‘campaigning body’. All grant payments over £25,000 are published as part of the Government Transparency routine.</p><p>Our published Annual Report and Financial Accounts (and lists the charitable body payments) can be found here <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fdclg-annual-reports-and-accounts&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Cf36f2ba7a1d143b99bec08d7bf7aa58c%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637188405786751314&amp;sdata=ydEwa%2BBnijQbEQAGNmY%2Fk0sQDM2ThjfdytQyfS1VgtU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dclg-annual-reports-and-accounts</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 04/03/2020 13:01:05 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1180336

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding she has allocated to civil society and campaigning bodies in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	20457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>Civil Society forms an essential part of our communities up and down the country. It includes large, national charities, social enterprises, volunteers and small grassroots organisations but what joins them all is the idea of creating social value to help build a better society.</p><p> </p><p>Government funding to civil society is ring-fenced for particular projects or programmes. Grant agreement terms and conditions prohibit grant funding being used for paid for lobbying and political campaigning.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office publishes grants data on www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-grants-register for all departments. Within that data, the Ministry of Justice grant schemes that may relate to civil society funding are identifiable. We do not pay grants for campaigning activities.</p><p>The data for 2016/17 and 2017/18 has already been published and it is expected that the data relating to 2018/19 will be published by end of March 2020 as part of the Cabinet Office transparency agenda.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 04/03/2020 15:17:20 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1180337

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding he has allocated to civil society and campaigning bodies in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	20458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>My Department is committed to supporting positive initiatives through the involvement of civil society in Northern Ireland and the funding of a small number of public bodies that work with a wide range of cross-community organisations. Details of the Department's expenditure is published in the Northern Ireland Office's annual report and accounts.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 04/03/2020 17:35:43 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1180338

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much funding he has allocated to civil society and campaigning bodies in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	20459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland has not allocated any funding to civil society and campaigning bodies in any of the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 04/03/2020 10:38:30 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1180339

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much funding he has allocated to civil society and campaigning bodies in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	20460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales has not allocated any funding to civil society and campaigning bodies in the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 28/02/2020 10:56:52 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon