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1344471

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2021
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by British Future Our Chance to Reconnect, published in March; and what steps they are taking to make it easier for people to volunteer in their local community.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government welcomes the findings of the report and its contribution to our understanding of civil society during the pandemic. As documented, the scale and breadth of the volunteer response over the last year has been remarkable; as the study estimated, 12.4 million people volunteered during the pandemic, 4.6 million of them volunteering for the first time. Government would like to express its gratitude to all those who volunteered for their contributions, whether through continuing or taking up a formal role with an organisation, or national schemes such as the NHS Volunteer Responders programme, or the extraordinary 2.5 million people who undertook local acts of neighbourliness as coordinated through over 4,000 mutual aid groups. Undoubtedly our experience of the pandemic would have been very different without them.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As outlined by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, our approach to the government's role in volunteering is as a steward, enabling further unlocking of the potential within the volunteering sector as we seek to build a volunteering legacy from this challenging time.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To meet this ambition, DCMS is developing policy with a focus on simplifying the routes into volunteering, how volunteering supply and demand can be best matched and leveraging government’s links with the voluntary and community sector for strategic collaboration. Developing solutions to address the barriers facing those who wish to volunteer in their local community will be an integral element of our work.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Beyond this, the Government continues to celebrate and champion extraordinary individuals who volunteer across the United Kingdom through the Prime Minister’s daily Points of Light Awards, and remains committed to promoting the benefits of volunteering both to personal wellbeing and community cohesion.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 14/07/2021 11:12:50 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

678833

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to help social action projects overcome their hidden costs; and what steps they are taking to ensure that social action projects are youth-led.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>Government is supporting social action to grow and become part of the normal routine in public services and communities. Through the Centre for Social Action, Government has invested over £40m in helping grow 215 impactful programmes involving over 2 million volunteers across the country.</p><p> </p><p>Government continues to support Step Up to Serve’s #iwill campaign which aims to increase the opportunities for 10-20 year olds to take part in meaningful youth lead social action by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The recently launched £40 million #iwill Fund jointly funded by government and Big Lottery Fund will help to increase the number of opportunities available to young people.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 02/02/2017 13:14:50 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

662064

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	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	Voluntary Work
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will announce the Chairman and panellists for the independent review into full-time social action.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government will announce the Chair of the independent expert advisory panel in due course. The Chair will then select other panellists.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 05/01/2017 12:22:58 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

662070

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	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	Voluntary Work
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the creation of a legal status for full-time volunteers will be considered as part of the independent review into full-time social action.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Scott of Needham Market
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The review will look at the kinds of full-time volunteering and social action that young people take part in, and ask how we make it easier to take part in these valuable activities. This will include any legal barriers.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 05/01/2017 12:26:30 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	2542 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Needham Market

662071

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	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	Voluntary Work
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the independent review into full-time social action will accept (1) oral, and (2) written, evidence from the public.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Scott of Needham Market
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The study will be led by an independent expert advisory panel. It will be for the panel to decide how it will accept evidence.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 05/01/2017 12:29:56 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	2542 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Needham Market

662065

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	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	Voluntary Work
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the independent review into full-time social action will consider evidence from the UK, France, and Germany regarding how their respective governments support full-time volunteers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The review will gather a variety of evidence on the status of full-time volunteers, including international comparisons where relevant.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 05/01/2017 12:25:18 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

156509

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Voluntary Work
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of changes in the number of people undertaking voluntary work.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	906081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The Community Life Survey results show that the increase in volunteering seen in the year of the Olympics has been sustained.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 19/11/2014 17:01:29 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

78999

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Voluntary Work
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what research he has commissioned on the number of people who volunteer and the reasons for people not volunteering since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has commissioned the Community Life Survey which provides official statistics on volunteering, giving and community engagement. Latest data shows that in 2013-14 74% of people volunteered (either informally or formally), an increase from 65% in 2010-11.</p><p>The survey also captures why people do not volunteer. More information can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/community-life-survey" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/community-life-survey</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark question first answered 01/09/2014 11:22:38 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

605850

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2016
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department holds on the number of people who have undertaken full-time volunteering over the last (a) 12 months, (b) three years and (c) five years.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	49537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>DCMS does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p>However, through the annual youth social action survey we do know that 42% of 10 to 20 year olds have participated in some form of social action in the past year. Full-time volunteering is one of many opportunities for young people to participate in meaningful social action.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 24/10/2016 16:28:02 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1674555

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	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 Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to support volunteering through the Big Help Out campaign.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>Volunteering is vital for society and the Government recognises this. It benefits volunteers and the organisations involving them and has transformational impacts on beneficiaries and their communities.</p><p>My department is funding and supporting the launch of the 2024 Big Help Out, following the success of the inaugural day of community volunteering to mark the Coronation of His Majesty the King and Her Majesty The Queen, held on 8 May 2023. The Big Help Out aims to raise awareness of volunteering and to provide opportunities for people to support their communities.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/12/2023 12:57:40 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell