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969064

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Charitable Donations
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 the Government plans to take to support legacy giving to raise more funds for good causes.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	171335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the Civil Society Strategy, this Government aims to ensure that it is as easy and compelling as possible for everyone to give to the causes they most care about. In recognition of the importance of legacy giving, the Government offers a reduced rate of inheritance tax for individuals leaving charitable gifts. We also strongly support the Institute of Fundraising’s Remember a Charity campaign, for example The Minister for Sport and Civil Society recently took direct action to encourage more legacy giving, urging solicitors to join the campaign and discuss leaving a gift with their clients.</p><p> </p><p>We plan to continue this support and to work with other organisations to raise awareness of legacy giving and the incentives to leave a gift in a will.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 171336 question first answered 11/09/2018 13:00:17 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

969066

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Charitable Donations
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 his August 2018 Civil Society Strategy, what plans the Government has to support legacy giving.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	171336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the Civil Society Strategy, this Government aims to ensure that it is as easy and compelling as possible for everyone to give to the causes they most care about. In recognition of the importance of legacy giving, the Government offers a reduced rate of inheritance tax for individuals leaving charitable gifts. We also strongly support the Institute of Fundraising’s Remember a Charity campaign, for example The Minister for Sport and Civil Society recently took direct action to encourage more legacy giving, urging solicitors to join the campaign and discuss leaving a gift with their clients.</p><p> </p><p>We plan to continue this support and to work with other organisations to raise awareness of legacy giving and the incentives to leave a gift in a will.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 171335 question first answered 11/09/2018 13:00:17 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

969173

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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 steps the Government took to actively encourage young people to apply to be a board member for the National Citizen Service Trust; and how many of those positions will be reserved for young people.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	171437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>DCMS endeavour to ensure that a diverse field of candidates apply to Public Appointments campaigns in order to meet the requirements of the Public Sector Equality Duty. As a result, Ministers are presented with a choice of appointable candidates whose skills, experience and qualities meet the needs of the required roles</p><p><br> The NCS Trust board member roles were advertised on the Cabinet Office Public Appointments website, the NCS Trust website and other channels and networks used for DCMS appointments, as well as on social media. Given the need to fill multiple Board positions, and the importance of attracting a diverse pool of applicants, we worked closely with the NCS Trust to identify a variety of other channels specific to the requirements of these roles and to endeavour to attract a diverse field of candidates</p><p><br> In addition, NCS Trust has an extensive national youth board network, via which the views of young people across the country are heard at all levels across the NCS Trust. Representatives from the youth board regularly attend the full Board meetings.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 11/09/2018 13:10:39 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

969183

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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 steps the Government is taking to ensure that board members of the National Citizen Service Trust are actively involved in the recommissioning process of delivery partners for NCS in 2020 and beyond.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	171445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The recommissioning of NCS provider contracts in 2020 gives a key opportunity to make efficiencies and drive down costs, which will further improve value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with the NCS Trust on the recommissioning programme, and all contracts will be awarded by the new National Citizen Service Trust Royal Charter Body. The recommissioning process and the award of contracts is a Board level matter, and as such the current NCS Trust Board provide direction and scrutiny to the process.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 11/09/2018 12:53:54 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

969185

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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, how much the Government has spent on independent evaluations of the National Citizen Service programme since the launch of that programme.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	171446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Departmental records show that £3,330,000 has been allocated to evaluation since the creation of the National Citizen Service in 2011.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 11/09/2018 13:28:40 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

969194

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2018 to Question 163143 on National Citizen Service Trust, how many workshops were delivered to young people during Summer 2018 in collaboration with the Parliament Education Service; where those workshops were held; how many people attended those workshops; and whether there are plans for similar workshops in the future.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	171452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Around 85% of NCS programmes this year include activities with an explicit focus on political and democratic engagement. The Parliament Education Service (PES) are just one of the partners who help to deliver this content, but they alone reached 11,000 young people across the country this Summer (data is not held centrally on the locations of these workshops). Furthermore, the NCS Trust Extension Team is also working with Bite the Ballot to support NCS graduates to engage with National Democracy Week in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The NCS Trust are in the process of revamping programme quality and planning frameworks, which will set an expectation that all NCS programmes will feature sessions designed to improve political and democratic outcomes (as per the requirement in the NCS Royal Charter). Specialist partners such as PES and Bite the Ballot will be invited to help develop the related guidance.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 11/09/2018 13:08:44 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

969215

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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 proportion of funding for the National Citizen Service will be ring fenced for a dedicated Inclusion Fund.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	171473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Due to a live procurement process and the commercial sensitivities of the recommissioning programme, information of this kind is not made publically available.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 11/09/2018 12:39:16 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

967856

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Broadband
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 timetable he has in place for spending the £190 million allocated to the roll-out of full-fibre broadband.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Bill Grant
uin	170393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The £190m Local Full Fibre Networks Programme’s Challenge Fund will be allocated directly to local bodies. As a condition of the grant agreement, all funding allocated to local bodies will need to be spent by the end of March 2021. Each local body will operate as the delivery lead for their project, so the timetable for spending their funding prior to this deadline will vary for each project according to their delivery schedule.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/09/2018 16:09:23 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4605 label Biography information for Bill Grant

964098

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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: Disadvantaged
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 he is taking to increase volunteering opportunities for people resident in areas of high deprivation.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	169373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to enabling people of all backgrounds to contribute their time and talents to their communities through volunteering and social action. The Government supports a number of programmes which enable volunteering opportunities. Examples include the £40m #iwill Fund, which aims to create more opportunities for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to volunteer, and the £2.7m Connected Communities Innovation Fund, which aims to tackle barriers to volunteering and mobilise more people to volunteer and support people and places to thrive.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 11/09/2018 13:54:55 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

964099

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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
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 his Department's Community Life Survey 2017-18, published on 26 July 2018, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the decrease in the percentage of people involved in social action in their local area at least once in the last year since 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	169374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Community Life Survey 2017-18, published on 26 July 2018, reports a 4% decrease in the number of people involved in social action in their local area at least once in the last year since 2013-14, and a 5% decrease in the number of people taking part in formal volunteering at least once a month since 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of moving from a face-to-face interview to an online form, it is difficult to compare the Community Life Survey 2017-18 with the results from 2013-14 due to potential skews in the types of respondents and the absence of interviewer effects.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has invested significantly in programmes to increase meaningful volunteering and social action. These programmes focus on bringing people together and providing the tools, skills, knowledge and support networks to act as a catalyst for social action to develop (for example, Place Based Social Action, Community Organisers Expansion, Innovation in Democracy, Enabling Social Action).</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 169375 question first answered 11/09/2018 13:56:52 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed