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1123568

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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	Voluntary Work: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2018 to Question 170815 on Voluntary Work: Young People, how many of the NCS participants eligible for Free School Meals completed the programme in (a) the UK and (b) London in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	248724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><em>National Citizen Service</em></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017**</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>England* </strong>Eligible for Free School Meals</p></td><td><p>Participants</p></td><td><p>7,302</p></td><td><p>9,283</p></td><td><p>12,334</p></td><td><p>14,427</p></td><td><p>16,702</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Completed</p></td><td><p>6,535</p></td><td><p>8,465</p></td><td><p>11,486</p></td><td><p>13,459</p></td><td><p>15,511</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>London </strong> Eligible for Free School Meals</p></td><td><p>Participants</p></td><td><p>2,096</p></td><td><p>1,633</p></td><td><p>3,106</p></td><td><p>3,636</p></td><td><p>4,117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Completed</p></td><td><p>1,942</p></td><td><p>1,590</p></td><td><p>2,967</p></td><td><p>3,458</p></td><td><p>3,900</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Participation/completion data is not disaggregated for Northern Ireland; Wales ran an NCS pilot in 2014, but decided not to roll-out across the country; Scotland decided not to implement an NCS programme.</p><p>** The final participation and completion figures for the National Citizen Service programme in 2018 are undergoing compliance checks and will be published on gov.uk by Autumn 2019.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/05/2019 15:45:43 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1077621

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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 74 of the Government's August 2018 Civil Society Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to work with the Charity Commission and UK Community Foundations to release at least £20 million over the next two years from inactive charitable trusts to grassroots community organisations.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	226122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Working in conjunction, DCMS, the Charity Commission, and UK Community Foundations have so far released £9.5 million through the Revitalising Trusts programme. This funding will support local good causes across the country.</p><p> </p><p>The programme is on track and we expect to release £10 million by the end of March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/03/2019 15:44:58 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1130875

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	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	Lotteries: Reform
	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 potential contribution of the reform of society lotteries to (a) charities and (b) good causes in the next five years; and when he plans to respond to his consultation on that reform.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	262360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>We hope to respond to the consultation before the summer recess and the response will include a discussion of the key points raised by stakeholders including Camelot (the National Lottery operator).</p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of the Government’s response we will provide a copy Camelot’s response to the consultation to the House of Commons library.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 261505 question first answered 17/06/2019 16:54:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1083524

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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	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, whether he has (a) had discussions with the Charity Commission and (b) received representations on the appropriateness of the Garden Bridge Trust chair meeting the Charity Commission chair in 2013 to seek his advice on how to register the trust as a charity.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	229720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>We have no record of any discussions between DCMS Ministers and the Charity Commission about the Garden Bridge Trust. We also have no record of any representations about the Garden Bridge Trust meeting with the Charity Commission.</p><p> </p><p>As stated in Helen Stephenson’s (Chief Executive, Charity Commission) letter to you in response to PQ 221693, the Commission’s case files show that, prior to registration, two officials at the Charity Commission held a teleconference with the Garden Bridge trustees and their representatives on 12 December 2013 to provide preregistration advice.</p><p> </p><p>It is not unusual for officials at the Commission to provide pre-registration advice where applications to register are for particular high-profile or complex organisations.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/03/2019 14:14:04 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1109476

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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	Thai Boxing
	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 he has had with the International Olympic Committee on the introduction of kickboxing into the Olympics.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	240500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>We have had no such discussions. Decisions on which sports are to be included at the Olympic Games are matters for the International Olympic Committee.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/04/2019 11:20:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1122141

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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	Sports
	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 potential role of sport in the Government's strategies to tackle serious violent crime.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	245823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>We are clear that sport and physical activity has a key role to play to tackle serious violent crime in our community. At the Prime Minister’s Summit on Serious Violence on 1st April 2019, government departments, the National Governing Bodies of sport, the Premier League and other partners announced they are working together on a ‘sport offer’ to improve interventions to tackle violence.</p><p> </p><p>Sport and physical activity can help people to gain skills, build confidence and potentially reduce violence and recidivism.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/04/2019 18:00:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1083609

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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: 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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) a maximum level of funding for the administration and (b) guidance on the pay structure of charitable organisations to ensure that an adequate level of funding is allocated to their charitable causes.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	229768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>Under charity law, a charity’s trustees have a legal duty to act in the best interests of the charity and its beneficiaries. This is a cornerstone of charities' independence.</p><p>Charity trustees need to consider a number of factors, including securing value for money for the charity, and the impact of their decisions on public trust.</p><p>Charities should be transparent about their administration costs, including executive pay, so that members of the public can decide whether or not they want to support the charity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/03/2019 16:32:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1092654

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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	Voluntary Work: Young People
	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 the source of funding is for the £10 million brand refresh for the National Citizen Service; and whether he can confirm that no government funding will be spent on this contract.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	235376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>To date, over 500,000 young people have taken part in the NCS programme. The most recently published evaluation has found that 82% of young people felt more positive about people from different backgrounds, and participants are more likely to use their time to help others after NCS<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>. Marketing is a key recruitment driver for NCS, ensuring that more young people across the country benefit from the programme.</p><p> </p><p>The brand refresh is one part of the overall marketing and creative services tender which includes communications planning, creative strategy, brand platform, experience, advertising campaign development, and content production. The £10m figure was stated in a NCS Trust procurement document as an upper limit over 4 years. The actual cost of the contract is likely to be around £1m per year, for 4 years of the contract.</p><p> </p><p>The NCS Trust is forecast to self-generate c. £3m income in the upcoming financial year. The brand refresh element of the marketing and creative services contract in question will be paid from those funds and we can confirm that no government funding will be spent on this element of the contract. The remainder of the contract will be funded by Government funding.</p><p> </p><p><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> This figure is based on the 2016 programme evaluation, which can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-citizen-service-evaluation-report-2016" target="_blank">here</a>. The 2017 evaluation report is currently being finalised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/03/2019 13:42:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1122833

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	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: Religion
	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 the Government plans to (a) restrict or (b) remove the charitable status of Churches and other faith-based organisations who express and practise historic orthodox beliefs on the doctrine of marriage.
	tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
	tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
	uin	246991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>To be a charity, institutions, including Churches and other faith-based organisations in England and Wales, must meet the legal test for charitable status set out in the Charities Act 2011. This requires the institution to have a wholly charitable purpose for the benefit of the public. The advancement of religion has long been recognised as a charitable purpose. There is no presumption that a particular charitable purpose is for the public benefit.</p><p>The Charity Commission, as the independent regulator of charities in England and Wales, is responsible for assessing if an institution meets the legal test for charitable status.</p><p>There are no plans to change the legal test for charitable status which applies to Churches and other faith-based organisations who express and practise historic orthodox beliefs on the doctrine of marriage.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/05/2019 14:08:22 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1079315

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2019
	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	Sports Competitors: Health
	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 steps his Department has taken to ensure UK sports organisations are meeting commitments on athlete welfare.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	227127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Through the Culture Health Check survey, UK Sport are monitoring National Governing Bodies’ (NGBs) approach to culture and athlete welfare in the high performance system. NGBs are required to develop culture action plans based on their survey results, and UK Sport hold them to account for delivering these plans.</p><p><br> As I stated in my speech on 13th February to UK Sport, it is important that our top athletes are treated fairly and with respect. I support UK Sport’s efforts to continue to make our elite sport system stronger. <br></p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 05/03/2019 15:34:06 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens