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882222

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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 steps the Government is taking to reduce (a) regional and national oversight, (b) quality assurance, (c) evaluation (d) central marketing and (e) other non-core operational delivery costs for the National Citizen Service.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	135243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>NCS Trust is the independent delivery body for National Citizen Service and has responsibility for the activities listed. DCMS agrees the NCS Trust annual budget following a rigorous assessment of the Trust’s spending plans to ensure that the programme is managed efficiently and delivers value for money to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/04/2018 12:49:52 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

882245

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Charities: Lobbying
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 recent steps he has taken to ensure that charities have access to clear advice on the effect of the provisions of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	135348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The changes made to the existing third party campaigning rules by the Transparency of Lobbying Act 2014 do not restrict charities’ freedom to campaign to further their charitable purposes in a non-partisan way, but instead make the political system more accountable. Charities can legitimately undertake a wide range of campaigning activities as part of their work.</p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission provides clear guidance for charities that may be considering campaigning in the run up to an election. Where there is significant spending on campaigning that could influence the election, the rules ensure that this is transparent.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/04/2018 12:42:25 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

882270

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Charities
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 references to Technical Issues in Charity Law, published by the Law Commission in September 2017, whether he plans to take steps in response to the recommendations in that report.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	135395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The Law Commission’s report, Technical Issues in Charity Law makes a number of recommendations for simplifying charity law. We are giving the report’s recommendations full consideration and will respond in due course. Primary Legislation would be required to implement many of the report’s recommendations, and the Charity Commission would need additional resources to update its systems and guidance.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/04/2018 12:44:22 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

882353

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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, whether the Government is going to meet its target date of April 2018 for moving the management of the National Citizen Service from a community interest company to a royal chartered public sector body.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	135343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>We are working closely with the National Citizen Service Trust on a plan for transition to a Royal Charter body, to make sure the move is completed quickly and smoothly, with as little disruption to the NCS programme as possible. A key step in the process is to appoint a new Chair. The appointment campaign for the new Chair role is currently live and due to close on the 25th April 2018.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/04/2018 12:52:42 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

882357

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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 progress has been made on the recruitment of board members to the National Citizen Service Trust; and what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the time taken for that recruitment on the conversion of the trust to a royal charter body.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	135453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>We are currently in the process of recruiting a Chair and other non-executive board members for the National Citizen Service Trust Royal Charter body. The advert for the new Chair role is due to close on the 25th April 2018. In order for the new organisation to go live, the Chair and at least 8 non-executive Board members must have been appointed.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/04/2018 12:54:15 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

882406

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of launching a new scheme, similar to Project Lightning, to ensure that more homes can provide usable broadband.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	135468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department welcomes commercial investment in UK digital infrastructure such as Virgin Media’s Project Lightning and is working to encourage further investment through policies and funding. These include Business Rates Relief for fibre investment and the £200m Local Full Fibre Networks programme to fund locally-led projects that leverage commercial investment in full fibre broadband connections. For alternative network providers, £400 million of public funding has also been made available for fibre connectivity through the Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund, which will unlock approximately £1 billion of private investment.</p><p> </p><p>Looking further ahead, the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review is currently assessing what market models can best support broadband infrastructure investment in different areas of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s existing £1.7bn Broadband Delivery UK programme reached 95% of premises in December 2017 and is continuing with at least a further 2% likely to be achieved, ensuring that over 97% of premises in the UK can receive superfast broadband.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 18/04/2018 15:23:23 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

882424

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will ensure that the forthcoming Consumer Green Paper sets out provisions to ensure that broadband exit fees are charged at a rate that is fair to consumers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	135486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The Consumer Green Paper was published on 11 April. It seeks views on how to ensure that modern consumer markets work for all, both now and in the future, including in the telecoms sector. Government will consider the responses to the Consumer Green Paper and, working with independent regulators including Ofcom, will publish a response detailing how they plan to further protect customers.</p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Currently, the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 protect broadband consumers when they enter into contracts with a provider. Ofcom has the power to investigate communicate providers' compliance.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Currently, contracts entered into on or after 1 October 2015 are covered by the unfair terms in consumer contracts protections in the Consumer Rights Act 2015. There are also protections under Ofcom rules (GC9.3) to ensure that conditions or procedures for contract termination do not act as a disincentive against changing provider. Additionally, Ofcom has the power to investigate communication providers' compliance and have an open enforcement programme on early termination charges: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/bulletins/competition-bulletins/open-cases/cw_01199.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 18/04/2018 15:27:54 question first ministerially corrected 23/04/2018 15:12:27 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 52496 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

882454

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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, what assessment he has made of the level of participation among businesses in enabling their staff to engage in full-time social action projects and the National Citizen Service.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	135516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>DCMS is carefully considering the recommendations made by the independent Review of Full Time Social Action by Young People, including the recommendation referencing Business in the Community. The Government will publish it’s response to the Review in due course.</p><p> </p><p>As the National Citizen Service is aimed at 16-17 year olds, the majority of participants are recruited via their schools or colleges. The NCS Trust aims to develop partnerships with employers so that employees can support NCS. For example, Santander UK provides opportunities for its staff to volunteer on the programme to share their knowledge and skills.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/04/2018 12:40:39 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

882549

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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 Organisations
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 many page views the online Civil Society Strategy consultation form has received since the start of that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	135611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>Just over 1400 people have visited the platform so far. Around 130 responses have been submitted. The platform will be open until 22 May, with the majority of responses expected in the final weeks.</p><p> </p><p>The platform forms one part of a wider engagement exercise. Government is holding a series of workshops around the country, the first of which took place in Birmingham on 11 April. Officials are attending meetings of stakeholders networks to discuss the Strategy and we have published a toolkit to support groups to hold their own conversations and provide feedback.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 135612 question first answered 18/04/2018 12:47:42 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

882550

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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 Organisations
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 many responses his Department has received in respect of its consultation paper, Civil Society Strategy, published in February 2018.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	135612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>Just over 1400 people have visited the platform so far. Around 130 responses have been submitted. The platform will be open until 22 May, with the majority of responses expected in the final weeks.</p><p> </p><p>The platform forms one part of a wider engagement exercise. Government is holding a series of workshops around the country, the first of which took place in Birmingham on 11 April. Officials are attending meetings of stakeholders networks to discuss the Strategy and we have published a toolkit to support groups to hold their own conversations and provide feedback.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 135611 question first answered 18/04/2018 12:47:42 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed