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1176158

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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	Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 23 October 2019 to Question 665, on Third Sector, what further progress his Department has made on establishing a cross-government group.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	12433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p><strong>Government recognises the need to work with<ins class="ministerial"> the</ins> civil society<ins class="ministerial"> sector</ins> to establish principles of effective civil society involvement in the policy-making process. My officials have started to scope a programme of work and the details of this will be set out in due course. </strong></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 11/02/2020 17:31:46 question first ministerially corrected 11/02/2020 17:42:07 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 6372 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

793950

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
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	Civil Society
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 her Department has made of the effect on the third sector of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	115039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The government is continuing to assess the impact of the UK leaving the EU on the third sector. We are gathering information on the challenges and opportunities exiting the EU presents and are listening to the concerns and priorities of civil society organisations. We will continue to work across government to champion the sector’s views during the EU exit process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 27/11/2017 14:47:40 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1176154

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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	Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 23 October 2019 to Question 676, on Third Sector, what progress his Department has made on extending the use of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 through the joint programme between his Department and the Cabinet Office.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	12429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Government remains committed to ensuring social outcomes can be delivered through the government's commercial activities. The roll-out of a comprehensive training and implementation plan for central government commercial staff is now underway. The Office for Civil Society in DCMS is also supporting Claire Dove, the Crown Representative for the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sectors on engaging civil society sector bodies on supplier readiness plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 11/02/2020 17:29:06 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1176155

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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	Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 23 October 2019 to Question 672, on Third Sector, when his Department plans to publish its response to the public consultation on the future definition of public service mutuals, which closed on 18 October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	12430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The response to the public consultation on the future definition of public service mutuals will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 11/02/2020 17:29:50 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1176156

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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	Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 23 October 2019 to Question 670, on Third Sector, what recent progress his Department has made on establishing the responsible business leadership group.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	12431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department, together with BEIS, has continued with the work outlined in the response provided to Question 670. We are consulting with stakeholders from business and civil society, and are conducting research and engaging with academic institutions to gather information on specifically what questions the Group should seek to answer. The Department is also giving further consideration to the relationship of the Group to other business councils, particularly in light of the Government’s new priorities, to ensure that the Group is complementary to these. The Secretary of State will make an announcement about the formation of the Group in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 11/02/2020 17:24:33 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1176159

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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	Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 23 October 2019 to Question 663, on Third Sector, what recent progress his Department has made on renewing the Government's commitment to the principles of the Compact.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	12434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Government recognises the importance of working together with the civil society organisations to support them, maintain their independence and involve them in policy making. My officials have started to scope a programme of work and the details of this will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 11/02/2020 17:30:14 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1176160

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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	Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 23 October 2019 to Question 662 on Third Sector, whether the first round of Local Access programme funding has been released; and what five places will receive that funding.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	12435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Big Society Capital and The Access Foundation announced the six places will receive funding: Bradford; Bristol; Gainsborough; Greater Manchester (Bolton, Oldham, Stockport and Wigan); Hartlepool, Redcar &amp; Cleveland; and Southwark in London. The six partnerships will now begin a co-design process with Access and Big Society Capital to refine the detail of their enterprise development and investment plans with an expectation that the first place based programmes will launch in the second part of 2020. A small amount of grant funding will be released to assist with the co-design phase.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 11/02/2020 17:11:34 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

992807

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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	Civil Society
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 times he has met representatives of the civil society sector since his appointment as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in July 2018.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	182292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to working closely with the civil society sector. Since his appointment in July 2018, the Secretary of State for DCMS has met with several civil society representatives. During a recent visit to Salisbury, he met with volunteers from Alabaré, a charity which supports homeless, vulnerable and marginalised people, and discussing how the government can help to remove barriers to volunteering.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Other meetings include visiting the National Citizen Service programmes and meeting leaders from the Charity Commission. We look forward to engaging further with civil society organisations so that we can work together to deliver the Civil Society Strategy and achieve the government's vision of building a country that works for everyone.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 29/10/2018 12:00:49 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

994172

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
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	Civil Society
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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of the distribution of civil society provision throughout the country.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	183439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Civil Society Strategy the government is committed to supporting a thriving civil society throughout the country. To inform our approach and understand the health and makeup of civil society across the country we draw from a range of sources for evidence, such as the NVCO’s UK civil society almanac and data from the Charity Commission.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 29/10/2018 12:32:43 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1037848

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	Civil Society
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 will publish the initial findings of its assessment of the effect on the civil society sector of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	206374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>Government is continuing to assess the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the civil society sector. We are gathering information on the challenges and opportunities exiting the EU presents, and we are sharing information with, and listening to the views of civil society organisations as this work progresses. We continue to work across government to champion the sector’s views during the EU exit process and beyond.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/01/2019 14:38:36 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed