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733029

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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	Internet: Harassment
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 she is taking to tackle online bullying in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government expects social media companies, and internet platforms, to have robust processes in place and to act promptly when all forms of abuse, including cyber bullying is reported. That includes acting quickly to removing inappropriate content, and where appropriate, suspending or terminating the accounts of those breaching the rules in place. We are continuing to work closely with industry.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 05/07/2017 16:25:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

746934

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Public Libraries: Children
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 bring forward a strategy to ensure that all children have access to local library services.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Libraries Taskforce’s strategy document, Libraries Deliver: Ambition for Public Libraries in England 2016 to 2021, sets out a bold and dynamic vision of how library services in England can help transform lives, communities and society as a whole. This includes more people, including children, benefitting from the range of services provided by libraries. Examples of initiatives to encourage increased access by children to libraries include a voluntary scheme introduced by Hampshire County Council that provides parents with the opportunity to sign up their new born babies to their library at the time of registering their birth. The Summer Reading Challenge which promotes reading for children at their local library has resulted in many thousands of children aged 4 – 11 joining a library.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 17/07/2017 15:14:25 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

748104

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Public Sector: 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, how often the public services programme implementation group, announced on 13 December 2016 has met; and what progress has been made in developing a Public Service Incubator.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	2811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>In February 2017, the Civil Society Implementation Group, chaired by Sir Martyn Lewis, was formed. It was tasked with creating delivery proposals for policies related to public services and civil society, including the Incubator. The group has met on 15 separate occasions and Government is considering its proposals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 10/07/2017 16:24:24 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

748097

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Sports Competitors: Down's Syndrome
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 discussions her Department has had with disability sports organisations on classing Down's syndrome athletes as a separate and discreet class and excluding such athletes from participation opportunities in national disability sports events.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
uin	2938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>We have not been approached about this issue and no recent discussion has taken place. Sport England is currently in discussions with National Disability Sports Organisations, about the role they can play to support the delivery of Government's strategy for sport and physical activity, Sporting Future, which is focused on tackling inactivity in priority groups, such as disabled people. This includes discussions with Special Olympics GB and Mencap about the work that they do with people with disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 12/07/2017 10:09:23 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

748650

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	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 her Department is taking to encourage people to give to charities.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	3164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The British people are some of the most generous in the world. 73% of Brits give money to charity every month and almost £10 billion was donated to charitable causes in 2016. I think you would agree that is a breathtaking and commendable amount.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is fully committed to helping to build a compassionate country that works for everyone, and this Department will continue its work to make it as easy and compelling as possible to give to charitable causes. We are currently taking steps to help civil society organisations access the tools and training they need to harness the generosity of the public. The Foundation for Social Improvement launched our subsidised fundraising training programme on 6 July this year. The training will equip staff at small charities with the skills needed to raise further donations from the public.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/07/2017 13:08:03 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

748651

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	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 her Department has taken in response to the recommendations and findings of the report of the National Audit Office into the National Citizen Service, published in January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	3162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>DCMS and the NCS Trust welcomed the NAO’s report and are working closely together to address their recommendations and findings. In particular, the NCS Act received Royal Assent in April and the NCS Trust were granted a Royal Charter in May 2017. Together, these will make the Trust directly accountable to Parliament for its use of public money and preserve the Trust's operational independence.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/07/2017 13:04:26 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

748652

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	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, with reference to the Answer of 31 October 2016 to Question 50448, whether she has been presented with a list of patrons of the National Citizen Service; and if she will publish that list when it is available.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	3159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>NCS Trust will announce its new Board of Patrons on Friday 14th July, and the list will be published on its website (<a href="http://www.ncsyes.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.ncsyes.co.uk</a>).</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/07/2017 12:59:10 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

748653

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	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 her Department is taking in response to the feedback obtained from the Giving Roundtables held in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	3163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The Giving Roundtables were a great success and provided a refreshing injection of energy into the Government’s drive to encourage more giving. The generous British public already donate so much to charitable causes - almost £10 billion in 2016 - but the feedback from the Roundtables showed that there are further opportunities to make it easier and more compelling to give.</p><p> </p><p>We heard that more needed to be done to support small charities and our subsidised fundraising training programme, launched by the Foundation for Social Improvement on 6 July 2017, delivers that support. This is a multi-year programme which provides expert advice on building the digital fundraising capabilities of small charities. Further announcements will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/07/2017 13:06:45 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

748654

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	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, with reference to the announcement on 8 November 2016 by the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Minister for Civil Society, when she plans to publish her Department's new youth policy statement.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	3153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is considering the contributions made in the youth policy regional workshops held in March and April. An announcement will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 12/07/2017 14:24:43 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

748655

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	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 she is taking to ensure value for money in the delivery of the National Citizen Service; and whether she is taking steps to reduce the cost of that service to the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	3154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>DCMS and the NCS Trust are working closely together to increase the value for money of the programme. A key component of this work is the recommissioning of the NCS delivery network when the current set of provider contracts expire in autumn 2018. This refresh will provide an opportunity to reduce the provider unit cost.</p><p> </p><p>The NCS Trust is also exploring whether value for money can be further improved through innovations in delivery of the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 12/07/2017 14:22:55 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed