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1672326

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with representatives of charities on (a) capacity and (b) trends in the level of demand for their services.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	3198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>DCMS Ministers and senior officials meet regularly with civil society representatives to discuss a wide range of issues including challenges faced by the sector.</p><p>We also recognise that charities are seeing higher levels of demand for their services. That is why in the Spring Budget, the Chancellor announced a package of over £100 million for charities and community organisations in England. This funding is split into two strands and is supporting organisations in need right now. The £76 million Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund has closed for applications, and is awarding funding to frontline organisations supporting vulnerable individuals and households. The second strand, the £25 million VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme, will support longer-term sustainability, and will launch later this year for applications.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 3197 3199 question first answered 27/11/2023 15:30:19 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1387421

registered interest
date	13/12/2021
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
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 discussions her Department has had with the charity sector on the effect of bank branch closures on charities’ ability to bank cash collections.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	92036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2021 answer text <p>We regularly engage with sector representatives to understand challenges and opportunities facing the sector, as does the regulator of charities, the Charity Commission of England and Wales, and the Fundraising Regulator. To date, DCMS has not received representations about the immediate risk to the sector of branch closures. However, we are aware of the longer term pressures that a move towards a cashless society will create for some in the sector. The Government is keen to engage with the sector on this issue, and work on it with the regulators.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 92037 question first answered 17/12/2021 09:34:06 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1387426

registered interest
date	13/12/2021
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
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 plans she has to engage with the charity sector on the potential effect of bank branch closures on their operations.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	92037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2021 answer text <p>We regularly engage with sector representatives to understand challenges and opportunities facing the sector, as does the regulator of charities, the Charity Commission of England and Wales, and the Fundraising Regulator. To date, DCMS has not received representations about the immediate risk to the sector of branch closures. However, we are aware of the longer term pressures that a move towards a cashless society will create for some in the sector. The Government is keen to engage with the sector on this issue, and work on it with the regulators.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 92036 question first answered 17/12/2021 09:34:06 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1273024

registered interest
date	30/12/2020
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
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 effect of the advice of the CEO of the Charity Commission given between 2017 and 2019 on the use of charity reserves on the ability of charities to deliver their charitable (a) objectives, (b) covid-19 services and (c) other services.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	132941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Secretary of State and Minister for Civil Society meet the Charity Commission on a regular basis to discuss a range of matters that are relevant to the charity sector. These have included discussions on the charity sector's financial resilience in relation to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p>Charity reserves make an important contribution to charities' financial resilience and their ability to respond to financial shocks. All registered charities in England and Wales must explain their policy on reserves in their trustees’ annual report, stating the level of reserves held and why they are held. We welcome the Charity Commission's guidance on charity reserves, which was originally published in 2016 and subsequently refreshed in 2018. The guidance sets out clearly what reserves are, how to develop a reserves policy, the legal requirements for publishing the reserves policy and reporting on it, and what trustees should do to keep proper oversight of their charity’s reserves. It continued to make clear that all charities need a policy that establishes a level of reserves that is right for the charity and clearly explains to its stakeholders why holding these reserves is necessary.</p><p>Building on this guidance, the Charity Commission provided clear advice to charities on financial management in 2020, including on the appropriate use of reserves in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has made no assessment of the specific impact of this advice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 132940 132942 question first answered 11/01/2021 15:31:20 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1273025

registered interest
date	30/12/2020
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
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 effect on jobs in the charity sector of the advice of the CEO of the Charity Commission given between 2017 and 2019 on the use of charity reserves.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	132942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Secretary of State and Minister for Civil Society meet the Charity Commission on a regular basis to discuss a range of matters that are relevant to the charity sector. These have included discussions on the charity sector's financial resilience in relation to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p>Charity reserves make an important contribution to charities' financial resilience and their ability to respond to financial shocks. All registered charities in England and Wales must explain their policy on reserves in their trustees’ annual report, stating the level of reserves held and why they are held. We welcome the Charity Commission's guidance on charity reserves, which was originally published in 2016 and subsequently refreshed in 2018. The guidance sets out clearly what reserves are, how to develop a reserves policy, the legal requirements for publishing the reserves policy and reporting on it, and what trustees should do to keep proper oversight of their charity’s reserves. It continued to make clear that all charities need a policy that establishes a level of reserves that is right for the charity and clearly explains to its stakeholders why holding these reserves is necessary.</p><p>Building on this guidance, the Charity Commission provided clear advice to charities on financial management in 2020, including on the appropriate use of reserves in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has made no assessment of the specific impact of this advice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 132940 132941 question first answered 11/01/2021 15:31:20 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1272248

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to support small UK based development charities.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	131390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The FCDO is committed to working in partnership with a diverse range of civil society organisations (CSOs) and recognises the unique role played by small charities.</p><p>The FCDO's UK Aid Direct programme, with an overall budget of £179 million, supports very small, small, and medium-sized civil society organisations (CSOs) working to achieve sustained poverty reduction and deliver the Global Goals. It offers a number of different grants for CSOs with an annual income of £1 million or less per year. Specifically, the Small Charities Challenge Fund (SCCF) has been set up to invite applications from very small CSOs with an income of £250,000 or less and offers grants of up to £50,000. To date, over 100 SCCF grants totalling £5.1 million have been approved for funding to small British charities across 22 developing countries. The FCDO's funding through SCCF is also coupled with initiatives aimed at building capacity of small charities</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 11/01/2021 12:05:07 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1171615

registered interest
date	17/01/2020
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of New Philanthropy Capital's report entitled, Where are England’s charities?, published 16 January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	4771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>Civil Society is a vital part of our nation and continues to grow in importance - there are 6,000 more registered charities today than there were in 2010 and annual sector income has grown from £54 billion to £77 billion.</p><p>Government recognises the importance and value of civil society, which is why the Civil Society Strategy was published in 2018, setting out a long term vision of how the Government can work with and for civil society to benefit our communities.</p><p>The Department has noted New Philanthropy Capital’s report and the Minister for Civil Society, who sits in the House of Lords, will meet the report’s author and will discuss its findings.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 4772 question first answered 22/01/2020 10:24:49 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1171619

registered interest
date	17/01/2020
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to New Philanthropy Capital's report entitled Where are England’s charities?, published 16 January 2020, what steps he is taking to support an increase in (a) charities and (b) formal volunteering in the least affluent areas of England.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	4772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>Civil Society is a vital part of our nation and continues to grow in importance - there are 6,000 more registered charities today than there were in 2010 and annual sector income has grown from £54 billion to £77 billion.</p><p>Government recognises the importance and value of civil society, which is why the Civil Society Strategy was published in 2018, setting out a long term vision of how the Government can work with and for civil society to benefit our communities.</p><p>The Department has noted New Philanthropy Capital’s report and the Minister for Civil Society, who sits in the House of Lords, will meet the report’s author and will discuss its findings.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 4771 question first answered 22/01/2020 10:24:49 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1077335

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) charitable organisations will be paid for resettlement support services they have provided under contract to Working Links (b) those services are able to continue.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	225430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>As you know, Working Links went into administration on 14 February. Probation services in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall; Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire; and Wales, transferred to Kent, Surrey and Sussex Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC), owned by Seetec, on 15 February. The probation supply chain in these areas will now be the responsibility of Kent, Surrey and Sussex CRC and Seetec.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the importance of Voluntary and Community Sector organisations and are in continued dialogue, engaging directly with them. Service improvements and stability in probation services are our priorities and we are working closely with all affected organisations, alongside Seetec, to monitor the transition and mobilisation of services against contractual obligations.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/03/2019 17:34:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1064220

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Charity Commission is required to make public the advice and guidance it gives to charities where it has determined that the charity has been in breach of (1) charitable, and (2) Charity Commission guidance.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL13866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Charity Commission has published policies setting out when it will publish an inquiry or operational case report. The Charity Commission has discretion about what to include in these reports. It is not practical to publish details each time the Charity Commission opens compliance cases, statutory inquiries or uses its powers, including issuing advice or guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The Charity Commission reports on its work broadly and on a thematic basis, including an annual report on its work dealing with wrongdoing and harm. These reports explain the commission’s approach to investigations and compliance case work. They give details of the volume and nature of cases dealt with in a given year and include case study examples.</p><p> </p><p>All of the Charity Commission’s general advice for trustees, to give them the tools and understanding they need to succeed, is published and available on gov.uk.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 04/03/2019 14:57:24 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts