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1167722

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2019
	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	National Rifle Association
	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 she has held meetings with representatives of the Charity Commission to discuss the corporate governance standards of the National Rifle Association.
	tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
	tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
	uin	8194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>I have held no meetings with representatives of the Charity Commission to discuss the corporate governance standards of the National Rifle Association.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 05/11/2019 13:53:36 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1156376

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2019
	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	Loneliness
	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 progress her Department has made on including loneliness in the guidance her Department issues on the family test.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	5467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>My Department does not issue guidance on the Family Test. However, the Department for Work and Pensions is currently refreshing the government guidance on the Family Test which is due to be published shortly. I can confirm that loneliness will be included in the updated guidance.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 04/11/2019 13:33:27 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1166894

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2019
	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	Hacker House: Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund
	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 her Department's review of the decision to award public funds to Hacker House will include whether the requirement for the allocation of funding to not exceed 50 per cent of the company's annual income was waived for any other Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund grant recipient.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	6291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>I have written to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee to set out the findings of the independent review conducted by the Government Internal Audit Agency and I attach a copy of the letter for reference.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan attachment 1 file name Nicky Morgan to DCMS Select Ctte - Hacker House.pdf title Letter 2 file name DCMS CSIIF Review - final report 301019.pdf title FInal Report 3 file name Voluntary Bulk Information Release - Hacker House Ltd (2).pdf title Information grouped question UIN 6292 6293 question first answered 31/10/2019 17:49:18 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1166897

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2019
	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	Hacker House: Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund
	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 her Department's review into the decision to award public funding to Hacker House will include how many UK-based employees her Department assessed Hacker House to have during the application process for grant funding under the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	6292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>I have written to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee to set out the findings of the independent review conducted by the Government Internal Audit Agency and I attach a copy of the letter for reference.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan attachment 1 file name Nicky Morgan to DCMS Select Ctte - Hacker House.pdf title Letter 2 file name DCMS CSIIF Review - final report 301019.pdf title FInal Report 3 file name Voluntary Bulk Information Release - Hacker House Ltd (2).pdf title Information grouped question UIN 6291 6293 question first answered 31/10/2019 17:49:18 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1166898

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2019
	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	Hacker House: Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund
	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 her Department's review of the decision to award public funding to Hacker House will include a random audit of that company to determine how the public money granted under the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund has been spent.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	6293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>I have written to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee to set out the findings of the independent review conducted by the Government Internal Audit Agency and I attach a copy of the letter for reference.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan attachment 1 file name Nicky Morgan to DCMS Select Ctte - Hacker House.pdf title Letter 2 file name DCMS CSIIF Review - final report 301019.pdf title FInal Report 3 file name Voluntary Bulk Information Release - Hacker House Ltd (2).pdf title Information grouped question UIN 6291 6292 question first answered 31/10/2019 17:49:18 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1151404

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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	National Citizen Service 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 she has made of the validity of the decision by the National Citizen Service Trust to withdraw NCS contracts from The Challenge; and what steps her Department and the Cabinet Office plan to take to help (a) resolve those issues that The Challenge reportedly raised with her Department on the National Citizen Service Trust before the withdrawal of its contracts and (b) maintain NCS (i) jobs and (ii) places.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	3656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The NCS Trust are the contracting authority for the NCS programme and have operational accountability for the NCS delivery chain. As such, procurement issues are a contractual matter between the NCS Trust and The Challenge, with DCMS being regularly informed. The procurement process for the re-commissioning of NCS contracts, carried out by the NCS Trust in 2019, was approved by both DCMS and HMT.</p><p> </p><p>In regards to the issues raised by The Challenge, NCS Trust is an arms-length body of DCMS and, in line with standard complaint procedures, DCMS is investigating the matters raised and will address any findings as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>All NCS delivery regions have been successfully contracted for, to make sure there is minimal loss in NCS participation levels from 2020 onwards.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 30/10/2019 10:46:58 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1150861

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	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	National Citizen Service 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, when she or her Department was made aware of the contractual dispute between NCS Trust and the largest provider of National Citizen Service, The Challenge.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	2742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport were formally made aware of the contractual dispute between NCS and The Challenge on 15th July when a letter of complaint was sent from Bill Ronald (CEO of The Challenge) to the DCMS Secretary of State.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 29/10/2019 13:09:47 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1150862

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	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	National Citizen Service 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, when the internal investigation into complaints regarding NCS Trust will be concluded; and if she will publish the findings of that investigation.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	2743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>In line with standard complaint procedures, we are investigating the complaints raised by The Challenge against the NCS Trust and will address any findings as appropriate. The investigation is ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS will let both parties know the result of the investigation when it has concluded.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 29/10/2019 13:10:56 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1150863

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	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	National Citizen Service 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 progress NCS Trust has made on addressing the governance issues raised in reports by the Public Accounts Committtee and National Audit Office.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	2744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>In response to the governance issues raised in reports by the Public Accounts Committee and the National Audit Office, DCMS, together with the NCS Trust, have made the following progress:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The NCS Trust transitioned from a Community Interest Company to a Royal Charter body (RCB), in accordance with the NCS Act, on 01 December 2018. This made the NCS Trust an Arm’s Length Body (ALB) of DCMS. The ALB relationship means that the NCS Trust have a higher level of accountability to Parliament and the taxpayer, and ensures that Government have the power to appropriately scrutinise the NCS Trust as they see fit.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>As a Government ALB, the NCS Trust is now subject to the following Government scrutiny: the <strong>National Audit Office (NAO)</strong> audits the NCS annual report and accounts; NAO submit all accounts to the <strong>Committee of Public Accounts (PAC); </strong>The <strong>NCS Act</strong> requires the NCS Trust to lay Ministerially-approved annual business plans, annual reports and accounts in Parliament; The <strong>NCS Royal Charter</strong> states that a <strong>representative of the Government</strong> must sit on the NCS Trust’s Remuneration and Audit and Risk committees; The NCS Trust is subject to all <strong>Cabinet Office Spend Controls</strong></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>As a Government ALB, the NCS Trust must abide by all principles laid out in <strong>HMT’s Managing Public Money</strong> document.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>As the Sponsor Department, DCMS exercises its governance scrutiny over the NCS Trust through: bi-annual Sponsor meetings between the DCMS Permanent Secretary, as Principal Accounting Officer, and the NCS Trust CEO and Board Chair; a high level of Senior Civil Servant involvement in the NCS Trust’s activities, including regular meetings between NCS Trust and DCMS Senior Sponsor and Sponsor Director; and through specialist-level meetings with officials from across DCMS.</li></ul> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 29/10/2019 13:14:21 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1150864

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	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 assessment she has made of the NCS Trust’s effectiveness in (a) delivering and (b) meeting the targets set for the National Citizen Service.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	2745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>DCMS assesses the NCS Trust’s effectiveness in delivering the NCS programme against the three core objectives of: social cohesion, social mobility and social engagement - through consecutive, independent evaluations. Since 2013, these have demonstrated the positive impacts that National Citizen Service delivers to both its participants and their communities.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS assesses the NCS Trust’s effectiveness in meeting its Key Performance Indicator (KPI) targets on an ongoing basis and reviews these formally at the bi-annual Sponsor meetings between the DCMS Permanent Secretary and NCS Trust CEO and Board Chair. Performance against KPIs is published in the NCS Trust’s Annual Report, which is laid before Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 29/10/2019 13:16:28 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna