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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-06-03more like thismore than 2020-06-03
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Charities: Ethnic Groups more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of support for BAME charities that are helping people disproportionately affected by covid-19. more like this
tabling member constituency Brent Central more like this
tabling member printed
Dawn Butler more like this
uin 54027 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-06-11more like thismore than 2020-06-11
answer text <p>My department is committed to ongoing, regular and in depth engagement with the charity and social enterprise sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic. DCMS will continue to work closely to assess how we can support BAME charities and social enterprises in doing their important work. The Minister for Civil Society holds a fortnightly roundtable to hear directly from BAME civil society organisations to highlight concerns and responses to covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>The Government's £750m targeted funding package and a further £150 million from dormant bank accounts will help charities, social enterprises and vulnerable individuals. We are proactively engaging across government and directly with the sector to maintain a complete picture of the impact and to better understand unmet needs at a national and local level that are not already addressed by existing plans.</p><p> </p><p>My department and the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF - our distribution partners for the Coronavirus Community Support Fund) have been - and continue to - engage extensively with BAME organisations during the development of the response and are working with a number of organisations to improve the reach of the Coronavirus Community Support Fund. A diverse advisory panel has been set up to support the distribution process for the fund.</p>
answering member constituency Maldon more like this
answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale more like this
grouped question UIN
54028 more like this
54029 more like this
54030 more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-06-11T09:31:52.373Zmore like thismore than 2020-06-11T09:31:52.373Z
answering member
39
label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale more like this
tabling member
1489
label Biography information for Dawn Butler more like this