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873579

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	S4C
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government plans to publish the report relating to the funding of Welsh language channel S4C.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	134693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">DCMS ministers and officials regularly meet with a range of stakeholders, including the Press Recognition Panel, to discuss a range of issues.</del></p><p> </p><ins class="ministerial">We published the S4C independent review, 'Building an S4C for the future' on 29 March, alongside the government's response. </ins><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/04/2018 11:57:52 question first ministerially corrected 23/04/2018 09:51:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 52978 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

1024075

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
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: Leave
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 his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory duty to allow trustees of Charities time off from work.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	201682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The government hugely values the hundreds of thousands of people who give up their time to act as trustees across the country. We do not have any plans to introduce a statutory duty for trustees to be given time off from work at this time. However, as set out in the Civil Society Strategy, we are keen to work with partners in the charity sector to consider different ways to strengthen trusteeship.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 17/12/2018 16:50:37 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

785096

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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	Dormant Assets Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to announce the allocation of funding by the Independent Dormant Assets Commission.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	111843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The independent Dormant Assets Commission reported to Government on the feasibility of expanding the current dormant assets scheme to include a wider range of dormant financial assets in March 2017. The Government is considering the Commission’s report and will publish its response in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 111844 question first answered 16/11/2017 10:16:50 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

785097

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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	Dormant Assets Commission
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 she has made of the potential merits of committing a proportion of the funding from the Independent Dormant Assets Commission to prepare charities for compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	111844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The independent Dormant Assets Commission reported to Government on the feasibility of expanding the current dormant assets scheme to include a wider range of dormant financial assets in March 2017. The Government is considering the Commission’s report and will publish its response in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 111843 question first answered 16/11/2017 10:16:50 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

785103

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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	Data Protection: 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, whether the telephone helpline for small businesses on the General Data Protection Regulation, run by the Information Commissioner's Office, will be open to small charities.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	111845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Yes. The phone service is aimed at people running small businesses or charities and recognises the particular problems they face getting ready for the new data protection regime. There are already resources on the Information Commissioner's Office website (ico.org.uk) to help smaller organisations to prepare for the data protection regime.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 16/11/2017 16:03:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

785104

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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: Data Protection
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 she plans to extend her Department's support for smaller charities to include training on data protection before the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation in May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	111842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Small charities and SMEs can make use of the ICO's advisory visit service which provide organisations with practical advice on improving their data protection practices. Through an advisory visit charities will be able to benefit from the ICO's knowledge and expertise to identify what they are doing well and where they need to improve. The ICO has also: launched a helpline aimed at small organisations; updated its SME toolkit to include GDPR requirements; and begun working on simplifying its 12-step GDPR preparation guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 16/11/2017 17:45:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

927005

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
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 plans to sign up to the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	155255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>It is necessary to carefully prioritise resources towards those Conventions that will have the most impact on the safeguarding of our heritage, such as the ratification of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property undertaken last year. However, the Government fully recognises the contribution that the UK’s oral traditions, social practices and festive events make to the country’s cultural fabric, and continues to encourage communities to celebrate these practices, keeping them alive for future generations.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 25/06/2018 10:26:03 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

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

1220355

registered interest
date	03/07/2020
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: Coronavirus
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 fiscal steps he is taking to support the charity sector in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Simon Baynes
uin	68446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2020 answer text <p>DCMS is continuing to work closely with the civil society sector to assess the needs of the sector and how the government can best support it to continue its vital work. The Government has committed a £750m targeted funding package to support the Voluntary and Community Sector, which builds on the significant package of support available across sectors, including the Job Retention Scheme. A further £150 million from dormant bank and building society accounts has been unlocked to support urgent work tackling youth unemployment, providing emergency loans for civil society organisations and improving the availability of fair, affordable credit to people in vulnerable circumstances.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Ensuring charities can begin fundraising activities will be a crucial part of the sector’s recovery. DCMS has published a collection of guidance for DCMS sectors relating to COVID-19. This includes practical guidance and resources from the Fundraising Regulator and Chartered Institute of Fundraising supporting charities to safeguard the public, staff and volunteers as they plan to return to fundraising activities in a safe and responsible way. This can be viewed at;</p><p><strong><br></strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/guidance-for-dcms-sectors-in-relation-to-coronavirus-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/guidance-for-dcms-sectors-in-relation-to-coronavirus-covid-19</a>.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 10/07/2020 09:07:56 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes