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536111

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2016
	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	Charities: Finance
	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 potential effect on funding for charities of the outcome of the EU referendum.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	42600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>The UK has a strong and diverse charitable sector. It is too early at this stage to make a full assessment of the potential effects for charities resulting from the outcome of the EU referendum. We will continue working with charities and their representative bodies to understand the potential effects on charities and the potential impact on funding for charities. These will depend on the arrangements agreed for exiting the EU, and different types of charity are likely to be affected in different ways.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 42601 question first answered 21/07/2016 14:23:30 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

536112

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2016
	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	Charities
	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 potential effects on charities of the outcome of the EU referendum.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	42601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>The UK has a strong and diverse charitable sector. It is too early at this stage to make a full assessment of the potential effects for charities resulting from the outcome of the EU referendum. We will continue working with charities and their representative bodies to understand the potential effects on charities and the potential impact on funding for charities. These will depend on the arrangements agreed for exiting the EU, and different types of charity are likely to be affected in different ways.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 42600 question first answered 21/07/2016 14:23:30 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

536114

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2016
	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, whether she plans to establish a non-departmental public body as part of the process of placing the National Citizen Service on a permanent statutory footing.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	42583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>The National Citizen Service (NCS) Bill will place NCS on a statutory footing and describe its means of delivery. Classification is a subject for the Office for National Statistics in the first stage.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 21/07/2016 14:20:59 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

536116

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2016
	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, what assessment she has made of the effect of broader changes to funding of youth services on the objectives of the National Citizen Service programme.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	42582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>National Citizen Service (NCS) delivers positive outcomes for young people and supports the wider youth sector. NCS is delivered by a supply chain of over 200 youth service providers from the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector and from local authorities. Cabinet Office has also pledged to support the #iwill campaign to increase participation in youth social action by continuing to invest in youth social action and share evidence and best practice.</p><p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to secure sufficient services and activities to improve the wellbeing of young people and are best placed to decide how to do so according to local need and resources.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 21/07/2016 14:18:54 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

536117

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2016
	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, what assessment she has made of the cost-effectiveness of the National Citizen Service programme compared with other youth social action programmes.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	42579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>National Citizen Service (NCS) is a unique programme for young people focused around adventure, discovery and giving back to communities. Robust, independent evaluations show that NCS delivers positive impacts for young people and value for money. For every £1 spent, it generates up to £3.98 of social benefits.</p><p><br>Government has evaluated the impact of investment in a range of youth social action opportunities as part of Step Up To Serve’s #iwill campaign. Funding has also been provided to the Centre for Youth Impact to develop the youth sector’s capability to design, deliver and commission cost­effective services for young people.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 21/07/2016 14:01:44 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

536118

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2016
	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	Charities: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to help charities improve their digital capabilities.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	42580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>Government is committed to supporting the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector address it’s organisational needs. Through the £20m Local Sustainability Fund, Government is supporting 265 small to medium sized organisation deliver change to secure and enhance their services.</p><p><br>Government is also actively tackling digital exclusion by working with partners to increase basic digital skills and Internet use for individuals and organisations.</p><p>Within the Office for Civil Society, officials are working with independent VCSE sector funders and influencers to build stronger leadership and governance. Part of this work will focus on preparing the sector for the future, which we expect to include building an understanding of the importance of developing digital skills and capability.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 21/07/2016 14:03:30 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

536119

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2016
	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	Charities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to improve public trust and confidence in charities.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	42581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government has taken a number of steps to improve public trust and confidence in charities in England and Wales</p><p> </p><p>The Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016 gives the Charity Commission new and enhanced powers to tackle serious abuses of charitable status. The Charity Commission is already taking a more robust approach to tackling abuse and mismanagement and has also simplified and updated guidance for trustees to remind them of their duties.</p><p>Following scandals in 2015 that highlighted unacceptable charitable fundraising practices, a new Fundraising Regulator has been established. Chaired by Lord Grade of Yarmouth, this independent regulator is tasked to set high standards of fundraising practice and to deal with public complaints when these have been breached. It has a range of sanctions and can refer serious non­compliance or abuse to the relevant statutory regulator.The Fundraising Regulator will also develop a Fundraising Preference Service to enable people who feel inundated with targeted fundraising requests to put a stop to them if they wish.</p><p>The Office for Civil Society and Innovation is further working with charities to explore the challenges facing the leadership of the voluntary and community sector. One of the four themes that has been identified as part of this work is 'responding to decline in trust and confidence'. A dedicated working group has been convened to explore this issue and identify potential solutions.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 21/07/2016 14:12:20 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

536416

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2016
	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	Charities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has (a) made to and (b) received from charities since the outcome of the EU referendum.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	42777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>Since the outcome of the EU referendum, I have received representations from the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), the network of charity chief executives Acevo and the Charity Finance Group.</p><p><br>We will continue to work closely with charities to understand the potential impact of the UK’s decision to leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 21/07/2016 13:58:16 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

536417

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2016
	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	Charities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to provide assurances to the charity sector on the future (a) funding and (b) operations of charities following the decision of the UK to leave the EU; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	42778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>Supporting a modern and resilient charity sector has been a priority for the Government. Over this and the last parliament we have worked together with charities to create greater financial sustainability, grow the social economy and support robust governance. This places charities in a strong position to respond to any changes resulting from the decision of the UK to leave the EU. We will continue to work closely with charities to understand the potential impact on their funding and operations which will depend on the specific arrangements agreed for exiting the EU.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 21/07/2016 13:59:25 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

657039

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2016
	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: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken to increase the number of libraries with internet access and electronic workstation facilities.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	57064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>Libraries play a significant role in providing computers and Wi-Fi to enable people to access the internet and digital services, as well as offering digital skills training and support. The Government invested £2.6m in 2015/16 to install and upgrade Wi-Fi in over 1,000 libraries in England. This means that Wi-Fi is now available in over 99% of public libraries in England.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 15/12/2016 11:17:34 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest