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348378

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Kids Company: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much financial assistance the Government has given to the children's charity Kids Company since its creation.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	1061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government has given funding to Kids Company for a number of years across different administrations. The table below outlines the funding from 2007 onwards.</del></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">YEAR</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">AMOUNT PAID</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2007 / 08</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£3.52m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2008 / 09</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.35m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2009 / 10</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.48m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2010 / 11</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.66m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2011 / 12</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.85m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2012 / 13</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.69m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2013 / 14</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.5m</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">£1m</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">£0.25m</del></p><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2014 / 15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.5m.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">£1m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2015/16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.265m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><del class="ministerial"> </del></td><td><del class="ministerial"> </del></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">No decision has been taken regarding the 2016 budget.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Kids Company has asked for, and has had, a number of discussions about its long term funding.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government has given funding to Kids Company for a number of years across different administrations. The Government has provided funding to Kids Company since at least 2007 at a level of approximately £4 million per year.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">No decision has been taken regarding the 2016 budget. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In 2014/15 the Government provided a grant of £4.5 million to Kids Company. In 2015/16 the Government provided a grant of £4.265 million.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Kids Company has asked for, and has had, a number of discussions about its long term funding.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 08/06/2015 17:02:07 question first ministerially corrected 12/08/2015 13:26:40 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson previous answer version 3077 answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

348379

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Kids Company: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what government funding to the children's charity Kids Company will be for the financial year 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	1062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government has given funding to Kids Company for a number of years across different administrations. The table below outlines the funding from 2007 onwards.</del></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">YEAR</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">AMOUNT PAID</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2007 / 08</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£3.52m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2008 / 09</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.35m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2009 / 10</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.48m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2010 / 11</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.66m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2011 / 12</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.85m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2012 / 13</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.69m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2013 / 14</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.5m</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">£1m</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">£0.25m</del></p><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2014 / 15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.5m.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">£1m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2015/16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.265m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><del class="ministerial"> </del></td><td><del class="ministerial"> </del></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">No decision has been taken regarding the 2016 budget.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Kids Company has asked for, and has had, a number of discussions about its long term funding.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government has given funding to Kids Company for a number of years across different administrations. The Government has provided funding to Kids Company since at least 2007 at a level of approximately £4 million per year.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">No decision has been taken regarding the 2016 budget. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In 2014/15 the Government provided a grant of £4.5 million to Kids Company. In 2015/16 the Government provided a grant of £4.265 million.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Kids Company has asked for, and has had, a number of discussions about its long term funding.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 08/06/2015 17:02:08 question first ministerially corrected 12/08/2015 13:26:29 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson previous answer version 3142 answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

348380

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Kids Company: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what government funding was provided to the children's charity Kids Company in financial years (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	1063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government has given funding to Kids Company for a number of years across different administrations. The table below outlines the funding from 2007 onwards.</del></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">YEAR</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">AMOUNT PAID</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2007 / 08</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£3.52m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2008 / 09</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.35m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2009 / 10</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.48m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2010 / 11</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.66m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2011 / 12</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.85m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2012 / 13</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.69m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2013 / 14</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.5m</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">£1m</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">£0.25m</del></p><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2014 / 15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.5m.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">£1m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2015/16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.265m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><del class="ministerial"> </del></td><td><del class="ministerial"> </del></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">No decision has been taken regarding the 2016 budget.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Kids Company has asked for, and has had, a number of discussions about its long term funding.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government has given funding to Kids Company for a number of years across different administrations. The Government has provided funding to Kids Company since at least 2007 at a level of approximately £4 million per year.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">No decision has been taken regarding the 2016 budget. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In 2014/15 the Government provided a grant of £4.5 million to Kids Company. In 2015/16 the Government provided a grant of £4.265 million.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Kids Company has asked for, and has had, a number of discussions about its long term funding.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 08/06/2015 17:02:08 question first ministerially corrected 12/08/2015 13:26:13 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson previous answer version 3143 answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

348381

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Kids Company: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the children's charity Kids Company about the provision of long-term government funding to that charity.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	1064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government has given funding to Kids Company for a number of years across different administrations. The table below outlines the funding from 2007 onwards.</del></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">YEAR</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">AMOUNT PAID</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2007 / 08</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£3.52m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2008 / 09</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.35m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2009 / 10</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.48m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2010 / 11</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.66m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2011 / 12</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.85m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2012 / 13</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.69m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2013 / 14</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.5m</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">£1m</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">£0.25m</del></p><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2014 / 15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.5m.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">£1m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2015/16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£4.265m</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><del class="ministerial"> </del></td><td><del class="ministerial"> </del></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">No decision has been taken regarding the 2016 budget.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Kids Company has asked for, and has had, a number of discussions about its long term funding.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government has given funding to Kids Company for a number of years across different administrations. The Government has provided funding to Kids Company since at least 2007 at a level of approximately £4 million per year.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">No decision has been taken regarding the 2016 budget. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In 2014/15 the Government provided a grant of £4.5 million to Kids Company. In 2015/16 the Government provided a grant of £4.265 million.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Kids Company has asked for, and has had, a number of discussions about its long term funding.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 08/06/2015 17:02:09 question first ministerially corrected 12/08/2015 13:25:36 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson previous answer version 3144 answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

416151

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Kids Company: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what payments were made by the Government to Kids Company in each year since 2010; and what conditions were attached to such payments.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	8392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Central government has provided approximately £43m to Kids Company since 2005.</p><p>Since 2010 the government has provided:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013 - 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014 - 2015</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015 – 2016 - April</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.265m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015 – 2016 - July</strong></p></td><td><p>£3m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Cabinet Office is unable to comment on conditions attached to payments managed by Department for Education prior to the transfer of Youth Policy in 2013. We are also unable to comment on payments made by the previous Labour government. For funding from 2013 – March 2015, Kids Company was required to meet a clear set of delivery targets. An independent third party was appointed by Cabinet Office and Department for Education to independently monitor and evaluate the grant and outcomes Kids Company were reporting. Since March 2015, funding agreements included conditions intended to encourage Kids Company to move to a more financially sustainable model.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 11/09/2015 15:40:13 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

416152

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Kids Company: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much of the grants awarded to Kids Company in 2015 he expects to recover.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	8393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>We are currently in discussions with the Official Receiver regarding retrieving the grant Government recently provided to Kids Company.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 10/09/2015 15:27:00 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

416153

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Kids Company: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions Ministers in his Department had with (a) the Prime Minister and (b) the Prime Minister's Special Advisers before deciding to overrule his Department's Permanent Secretary's advice not to proceed with funding for Kids Company.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	8394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>To enable a space for the free and frank exchange of views, it is a long-standing convention that specific details about conversations between Ministers are not normally disclosed. The decision to give Kids Company the additional £3m in July was made by Oliver Letwin and Matthew Hancock.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 8391 question first answered 11/09/2015 13:48:11 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

416195

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Kids Company: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish details of his Department's investigations into Kids Company which led to the formulation of Government's view on that charity's long-term viability.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	8672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>Any Ministerial Direction is automatically referred to the National Audit Office, who would be expected to communicate it to the Public Accounts Committee. NAO and PAC will announce their next steps in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government commissioned an independent review of financial and governance controls at Kids Company in 2014. This is published on gov.uk</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 8644 question first answered 10/09/2015 15:28:48 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

416354

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Kids Company: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what concerns his Department had about the leadership, management and governance at Kids Company when making its recent decisions on funding.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	8711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>Upon taking responsibility for Youth Policy, the Cabinet Office commissioned an independent review of financial and governance controls at Kids Company in early 2014. This is published on gov.uk. Since the completion of this review, officials held regular discussions with Kids Company to monitor progress. Specific concerns raised by officials are set out in the request for a ministerial direction letter, also published on gov.uk</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 8833 8957 question first answered 09/09/2015 16:35:43 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

416356

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Kids Company: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office to Cabinet Office Ministers dated 26 June 2015, published 16 July 2015, what conditions were attached to the grant made to Kids Company in April 2015 to encourage that charity to move to a more financially sustainable model; which aspects of that charity's business model the Government considered should become more financial sustainable; and for how long the Government had concerns about this matter.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	8931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>An independent review of financial and governance controls at Kids Company in early 2014 (published on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>) stated that ‘the main financial risk to the organisation is cashflow’ and that ‘without improving the cash position of the charity, it is not possible to build reserves and invest in new activities and locations’. Subsequent funding agreements between Cabinet Office and Kids Company included clear conditions that this position be improved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 8932 question first answered 10/09/2015 15:26:15 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy