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1148845

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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: 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 page 13 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what progress her Department has made towards working with the Department for Education to develop proposals to help young people play their part in shaping the future of our society.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Government is committed to providing meaningful opportunities for young people to play their part in society. This includes creating social action opportunities to build their skills and networks outside of school regardless of their background or circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the Civil Society Strategy, Government is committed to ensuring that young people have a say in the future of our society. Already, we have set up three youth voice pilot projects to enable young people to shape national policy, including a Youth Steering Group, Young Inspectors Group and a digital youth engagement project. The Youth Steering Group has been working across government to inform policy, including work with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to conduct a review on environment and climate policy.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2019, government announced that it will be developing a youth offer to set out its vision for young people. Officials have been working closely with Step Up To Serve (SUTS), young people and #iwill campaign and youth sector partners to develop the first stages of this work. DCMS continues to work with all relevant Government Departments across this agenda, in particular the Department for Education.</p><p> </p><p>On 30th September, the Chancellor announced a £500million Youth Investment Fund to support the creation of new youth centres and opportunities for young people. We will be incorporating lessons learnt from the #iwill campaign and Fund into the development of this new programme and will continue to work closely with SUTS and the wider youth sector. It is a priority that the Youth Investment Fund is designed to enable young people to have as much of a say and a choice in what activities are available to them as possible.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 312 question first answered 22/10/2019 18:12:45 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1148846

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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: 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 page 13 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what progress her Department has made towards building on the cross-sector partnership created by the #iwill campaign to identify how the existing offer for young people can be improved.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Government is committed to providing meaningful opportunities for young people to play their part in society. This includes creating social action opportunities to build their skills and networks outside of school regardless of their background or circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the Civil Society Strategy, Government is committed to ensuring that young people have a say in the future of our society. Already, we have set up three youth voice pilot projects to enable young people to shape national policy, including a Youth Steering Group, Young Inspectors Group and a digital youth engagement project. The Youth Steering Group has been working across government to inform policy, including work with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to conduct a review on environment and climate policy.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2019, government announced that it will be developing a youth offer to set out its vision for young people. Officials have been working closely with Step Up To Serve (SUTS), young people and #iwill campaign and youth sector partners to develop the first stages of this work. DCMS continues to work with all relevant Government Departments across this agenda, in particular the Department for Education.</p><p> </p><p>On 30th September, the Chancellor announced a £500million Youth Investment Fund to support the creation of new youth centres and opportunities for young people. We will be incorporating lessons learnt from the #iwill campaign and Fund into the development of this new programme and will continue to work closely with SUTS and the wider youth sector. It is a priority that the Youth Investment Fund is designed to enable young people to have as much of a say and a choice in what activities are available to them as possible.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 311 question first answered 22/10/2019 18:12:45 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1148847

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Citizens' Assemblies
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 progress her Department has made on the implementation of the Innovation in Democracy Programme.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Innovation in Democracy Programme is supporting three local authorities to trial innovative models of deliberative democracy to involve citizens in local decision-making. The Greater Cambridge Partnership have completed their participatory sessions with local people, with the recommendations being delivered to the council shortly. Test Valley and Dudley authorities will be starting their area democracy forums this autumn.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 22/10/2019 18:13:31 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1148848

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Sustainable Development
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 page 13 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what progress her Department has made towards designing a programme to look at more sustainable spaces in conjunction with the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Space to Connect Fund was launched in June 2019 and is a new £1.6 million fund to help improve community spaces where people can connect and co-operate. This is a partnership between Government and Co-op’s charity, the Co-op Foundation.</p><p>Space to Connect has awarded an initial round of funding of almost £900,000 to 57 community organisations across England. This fund will support organisations to explore ways to use spaces in their community to address local challenges or expand activities in spaces so they become more financially sustainable in the long-term. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 28/10/2019 11:47:35 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1148357

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
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	Charitable Trusts
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 more (a) female, (b) BAME and (c) working class people to become charity trustees.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	294737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 08/10/2019 16:09:42 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1148358

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
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	Charitable Trusts
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 information her Department holds on the number and proportion of (a) female, (b) BAME and (c) working class charity trustees.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	294738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 08/10/2019 16:09:16 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1141708

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Loneliness: 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 support the Government provides to tackle loneliness among young people.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	281783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>Last year’s loneliness strategy, ‘A Connected Society: A strategy for tackling loneliness - laying the foundations for change’, sets out almost 60 new commitments from nine government departments. Many of these commitments are targeted at tackling loneliness among children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>Examples include: teaching all primary and secondary school children in England about loneliness from September 2020 under the new subjects of Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education and supporting young people to look after local green spaces and wildlife habitats, while building social connections, through the #iwill campaign.</p><p> </p><p>Twenty-two of the 126 organisations funded through the £11.5m Building Connections Fund (delivered in partnership with the National Lottery Community Fund and the Co-op Foundation) are working specifically with young people at risk of loneliness. We are also working with the Office for National Statistics and other external partners to improve the evidence base on youth loneliness.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 05/09/2019 15:52:58 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1140829

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	Youth Services
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 his Department will be carrying out its review of the guidance on the statutory duty placed on local authorities to provide appropriate local youth services, as set out in the Civil Society Strategy, published August 2018.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	280262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>We announced the launch of our review of the guidance on the statutory duty placed on local authorities to provide appropriate local youth services 10th July.</p><p> </p><p>Preliminary round tables are underway with young people, the youth sector and local authorities. An open call for evidence will be launched by my department in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 03/09/2019 09:53:43 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft