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573606

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	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 Culture, Media and Sport, how many young people from (a) North Swindon and (b) England have participated in the National Citizen Service in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	44588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>The NCS Trust does not collect data at a constituency level. Therefore, the figures in the table below are for the local authority area of Swindon. Details of participation rates have been held at local authority level since 2012. The participation rates set out below also include a small number of participants from Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>There was considerable national growth in the programme in 2015 – exact figures on 2015 NCS participation will be published in the independent evaluation in due course.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Year</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Swindon</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>England and Northern Ireland</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8,434</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">117</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">26,003</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">110</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">39,994</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">181</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">57,789</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Year</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Swindon</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>England and Northern Ireland</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2011</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">-</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8,434</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2012</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">117</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">26,003</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2013</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">110</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">39,994</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 07/09/2016 15:54:29 question first ministerially corrected 12/09/2016 13:06:33 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson previous answer version 9630 answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

172482

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Charities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new charities were established (a) in the UK and (b) in Swindon in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	219998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The total number of registrations, along with other key figures, is available through the Charity Commission’s Annual Report which is available both on its website at: <a href="http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhomepage.aspx" target="_blank">http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhomepage.aspx</a> and is also in the House Library.</p><p>This holds key information of all 164,000 registered charities in England and Wales. The advanced search function allows the user to search by registration date, operating area, income band, charitable purpose and other key items.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 14/01/2015 15:08:00 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

227466

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to promote the National Citizen Service scheme in schools.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	227671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>National Citizen Service (NCS) continues to see impressive year on year growth thanks, in part, to school engagement.</p><p>NCS is promoted to senior school leadership through targeted marketing and events. The programme’s local delivery partners also deliver thousands of school assemblies and involve NCS graduates as advocates for the programme. 1,886 schools engaged in NCS in 2013 increasing to 2,630 in 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 227672 question first answered 19/03/2015 15:39:03 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

227467

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many schools have engaged with the National Citizen Service scheme in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	227672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>National Citizen Service (NCS) continues to see impressive year on year growth thanks, in part, to school engagement.</p><p>NCS is promoted to senior school leadership through targeted marketing and events. The programme’s local delivery partners also deliver thousands of school assemblies and involve NCS graduates as advocates for the programme. 1,886 schools engaged in NCS in 2013 increasing to 2,630 in 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 227671 question first answered 19/03/2015 15:39:04 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

581963

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Public Libraries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to support the library service in England.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	45952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>I am responding as Minister with responsibility for Libraries policy.</p><p>The Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 requires the Secretary of State to superintend, and promote the improvement of, the public library service provided by local authorities in England, and to secure the proper discharge by local authorities of the functions in relation to libraries as conferred on them as library authorities.</p><p>The Government invested £2.6m in 2015/16 to install and upgrade WiFi in over 1,000 libraries in England. This means that WiFi is now available in over 99% of public libraries in England.</p><p>In addition, the Government and the Local Government Association established the Libraries Taskforce in 2015. The Taskforce has already published Toolkits and case studies to assist local authorities and consulted on “Ambition”, a draft vision for public libraries. This will provide a range of practical and innovative options local authorities can deploy to maintain and transform our library services. I expect to see local authorities working with Government and their local communities to consider these options, and to ensure library services are sustainable for the long term.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 20/09/2016 15:39:12 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

581964

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Public Libraries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries were open in England in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	46019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>I am responding as Minister with responsibility for Libraries policy.</p><p>Data relating to public libraries is collected and published annually in December by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. The following table indicates the number of library service points within the statutory public library services of local authorities that are open ten or more hours per week, as at 31 March for each year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of public libraries in England open 10+ hours per week</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>3,428</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>3,393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>3,243</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>3,181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>3,142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>3,076</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Libraries Taskforce recently commissioned from local authorities in England basic data regarding the numbers and types of public libraries available within each local authority. The data will assist the library sector and users to monitor the delivery of library services.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 20/09/2016 15:42:46 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

581965

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Arts: Local Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, against what criteria she measures the compliance of local authorities with the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	46020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>The Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 requires local authorities in England to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service for their local communities. The 1964 Act requires the Secretary of State to superintend, and promote the improvement of, the public library service provided by local authorities in England, and to secure the proper discharge by local authorities of the duties conferred on local authorities under the Act.</p><p>The Secretary of State has the power to intervene by directing a local inquiry following a complaint that a local authority has failed to carry out its duties under the Act, or of her own motion. In taking that decision, the Secretary of State gives consideration to a number of factors, including:</p><ul><li>Whether there is any serious doubt or uncertainty as to whether the local authority is (or may cease to be) complying with its legal obligation to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service.</li><li>Whether the local authority appears to be acting in a careless or unreasonable way.</li><li>Whether the decision is or may be outside the proper bounds of the local authority’s discretion, such as a capricious decision to stop serving a particularly vulnerable group in the local community.</li><li>Whether the local authority appears to have failed to consult affected individuals or to carry out significant research into the effects of its proposals.</li><li>Whether the local authority has failed to explain, analyse or properly justify its proposals.</li><li>Whether the local proposals are likely to lead to a breach of national library policy.</li><li>The advantages of local decision making by expert and democratically accountable local representatives.</li><li>Whether there is any further good reason why a local inquiry should be ordered.</li></ul><p>Where a complaint is raised we will consider the available evidence in light of the above factors. If there is serious doubt that the library service provided by the local authority offers a comprehensive and efficient service, I will not hesitate to open an inquiry.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 20/09/2016 15:40:49 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

682956

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	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 Culture, Media and Sport, how many young people are expected to benefit from the National Citizen Service between 2015 and 2020.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	62737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>Government's manifesto commitment continues to guarantee a National Citizen Service (NCS) place for every young person who wants one so that it becomes a rite of passage across the country.</p><p> </p><p>We have been working with the NCS Trust on new projections of demand, and we expect them to reach 199,000 participants in 2019/20 supported by over £1bn of funding over this parliament.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 06/02/2017 06:49:58 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

714458

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Charities: Fundraising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the progress of the Fundraising Regulator in improving standards in charity fundraising.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	69626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>Since its launch in July 2016, the Fundraising Regulator has taken ownership of the Code of Fundraising Practice and is consulting on strengthening it. The regulator is handling public complaints about poor fundraising practices. Proposals for the Fundraising Preference Service, to help people opt out of receiving charity fundraising communications, have been developed and the new service is due to start in summer 2017.</p><p>Most large fundraising charities have already shown their commitment to best practice by supporting the Fundraising Regulator and paying its levy. The Government has reserve powers to intervene if the level of support for the Fundraising Regulator from the charity sector is insufficient.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 30/03/2017 16:57:51 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson