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1343325

registered interest
date	02/07/2021
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	National Citizen Service Trust: Finance
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 NCS Trust Annual Business Plan 2021-2022, published on 27 May 2021, and the announcement by the Government in the December 2020 Spending Review of almost £100 million of funding to deliver the National Citizen Service (NCS) and invest in youth facilities, how much of that funding he has allocated to the NCS Trust for the purposes of delivering that business plan.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	26117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>Of the almost £100 million of funding announced in the December 2020 Spending Review, £60.8m was allocated to the NCS Trust. This was in addition to £35.2m of funding that had already been allocated to NCS Trust for the purposes of delivering its 21-22 Annual Business Plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 09/07/2021 11:03:43 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1312310

registered interest
date	27/04/2021
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	UK Youth Parliament: Costs
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 made an estimate of the running costs of the UK Youth Parliament by budget heading prior to inviting other organisations to bid to run it.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	188128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>DCMS monitors and reviews its grants in line with best practice. Before competing the grant for 2021/22, my department reviewed the previous UK Youth Parliament programme grants to estimate the grant recipient’s running costs for the 2021/22 programme using high level indicative budget headings.</p><p><br>By competing the grant for 2021/22, DCMS invited applicants to demonstrate how they would deliver the programme using the funding available, and were invited to demonstrate how they would secure external funding and partnerships to supplement the DCMS grant, as in previous years.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 29/04/2021 11:40:32 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1311481

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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: 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, pursuant to Answer of 19 April to Question 180550, on voluntary work, (a) what is the definition of a core participant; and (b) what proportion of core participants completed the whole NCS programme from start to finish.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	185962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>Core participant numbers reflect the young people who took part in the part-residential NCS programme during the relevant seasons. Participation numbers in other NCS activities are not counted towards this figure.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>For section (b) of this Question, please refer to my answer to Question 184499.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 27/04/2021 13:13:16 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1311482

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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	Youth Covid-19 Support Fund
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 much of the Youth Covid-19 Support Fund has been allocated so far.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	185963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>£15.6m of the Youth Covid-19 Support Fund has been allocated. All applicants have now been informed of their outcomes, and the transfer of funds is nearly complete.</p><p><br>555 youth organisations have been awarded funding, including 544 small, grassroots youth groups and services, and 11 national and umbrella organisations. The full list of successful organisations will be published after the pre-election period (w/c 10th May 2021).</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 27/04/2021 13:15:33 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1311642

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Corporate Hospitality
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 the Minister for Sport and the Olympics received hospitality from Camelot UK Lotteries Limited from May 2010 to October 2013.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	185964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>Government departments publish quarterly details of occasions where Ministers and officials are in receipt of hospitality. This is published on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Gov.uk</a> website and covers the last 10 years.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The documents show that the Minister for Sport and the Olympics received hospitality from Camelot UK Lotteries Limited once during the period May 2010 to October 2013, on 16 May 2013, as detailed in <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/246719/AMENDED_-_1_Apr_to_30_Jun_2013_Ministerial_Meetings_Hospitality_Overseas_Travel_MH_FINAL_JH_P1_0410.pdf" target="_blank">this release</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Links to all the documents covering the period May 2010 to October 2013 are below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/70526/DCMS_dataset_ministerial_hospitality_may_july_2010.csv/preview" target="_blank">Ministerial Hospitality 13 May - 31 July 2010</a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/70481/DCMS_ministerial_hospitatlity_Aug_Sept_2010-Update270412.rtf.pdf" target="_blank">Ministerial Hospitality 1 August - 30 September 2010</a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/70628/DCMS_ministerial_expenseshospitatlity_OCT-DEC_2010-Update270412.rtf.pdf" target="_blank">Ministerial Hospitality 1 October - 31 December 2010</a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/70585/DCMS_qty-ministerial_expenseshospitatlity_jan-mar2011-Update-270412.pdf" target="_blank">Ministerial Hospitality January to March 2011</a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/70486/DCMSMinisters-expenses-1Apr-to-30Jun-2011-Update040512.pdf" target="_blank">Ministerial Hospitality April to June 2011</a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/70640/1Julto30Sept11-disclosure-ministerial-hospitality.csv/preview" target="_blank">Ministerial Hospitality July to September 2011</a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/70616/Ministerial_hosp_overseas_meetings_Oct_Dec_20112.pdf" target="_blank">Ministerial Hospitality October to December 2011</a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/70574/DCMSMinisterial-discolsures-Jan-Mar2012.pdf" target="_blank">Ministerial Hospitality January to March 2012 </a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/70515/DCMS-Min-hosp-overseas-travel-meetings-with-outside-interest-groups.pdf" target="_blank">Ministerial Hospitality April to June 2012</a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/205872/1_Jul_to_30_Sep_012_Ministerial_Meetings_Hospitality_Overseas_travel_with_outside_groups.pdf" target="_blank">Ministerial Hospitality July to September 2012</a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/185701/1_Oct_to_31_Dec_2012_Ministerial_Meetings_Hospitality_Overseas_travel_with_external_organisations.pdf" target="_blank">Ministerial Hospitality October to December 2012</a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/212717/1_Jan_to_31_Mar_2013_Ministerial_Meetings_Hospitality_Overseas_travel.pdf" target="_blank">Ministerial Hospitality January to March 2013</a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/246719/AMENDED_-_1_Apr_to_30_Jun_2013_Ministerial_Meetings_Hospitality_Overseas_Travel_MH_FINAL_JH_P1_0410.pdf" target="_blank">Ministerial Hospitality April to June 2013</a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/273597/1_July-_30_Sept_Ministers_Declarations_JH_17_01_2014.pdf" target="_blank">Ministerial Hospitality July to September 2013</a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/313638/Oct-Dec_Ministers_Declarations_JH_Oct-Dec_2013.pdf" target="_blank">Ministerial Hospitality October to December 2013</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 27/04/2021 17:55:18 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1311015

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 April 2021 to Question 180550, if he will review the Answer to that question in the context of the NCST Annual Report 2019-20's statement that the total number of core participants in financial year 2019-20 was 91,489.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	185406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The total number of core National Citizen Service participants across the Spring, Summer and Autumn programmes in 2019 was 92,041. The figure of 91,489 participants referred to in the National Citizen Service Trust’s Annual Report 2019/20 is on a financial year basis and thus covers the Summer and Autumn programmes only, excluding 552 participants in the Spring 2019 programme.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The participation numbers were reported on a calendar year basis in the 2018/19 Annual Report but reporting practices changed when the NCS became a Royal Charter Body in December 2019. Accordingly, participation KPIs for the 2019/20 Annual Report were reported on a financial year basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 26/04/2021 13:45:02 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1310557

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
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: 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, how many young people have (a) commenced and (b) graduated from a National Citizenship Service (NCS) programme in (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20; and what the Government's target for participation in the NCS was in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	184499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>As per National Citizen Service Trust’s 2018/19 Annual Report, 99,674 young people took part in the NCS programme in the 2018 calendar year (England only) with a completion rate of 93%. This compares to a target of 100,000 young people for the calendar year 2018.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In the 2019 calendar year, 92,041 young people took part in the NCS programme. This figure includes 552 young people who participated in the Spring 2019 cohort but were excluded from NCST’s 2019/20 Annual Report (which covers the April 2019 to March 2020 financial year). The target for 2019/20 was set for the financial, rather than calendar year and was for at least 100,000 young people to take part in NCS.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The completion rate for 2019 was 88% for the calendar year. Two key factors contributed to this lower participation rate in comparison to 2018:</p><ul><li><p>Significant underperformance of one of the largest providers of NCS at the time - they exited the network at the end of 2019.</p></li><li><p>A tightening of criteria around what constitutes a &quot;graduate&quot; from the NCS programmes on the back of process reviews and systems changes that took effect from Spring 2019.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 26/04/2021 13:59:43 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1309852

registered interest
date	16/04/2021
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	National Citizen Service Trust: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the full cost of unrecovered monies spent on the National Citizens Services in 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	182066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>The NCS programme is delivered by the National Citizen Service Trust, whose annual report and financial statements for the financial year 2019/20 are publicly available. NCST received a £158.6m grant-in-aid from DCMS in 2019/20. Other income amounted to £3.54m and total expenditure for the year was £156.4m.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As noted in NCST’s 2019/20 Annual Report, the Summer 2020 NCS Programme was officially cancelled because of Covid-19 on 7 April 2020, by which point NCST had paid out £3.6m worth of non-refundable deposits to 44 accommodation venues. A further three accommodation suppliers were further due £3.8m in non-refundable deposits.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These payments were disclosed as events after the reporting date in NCST’s 2019/20 accounts but will be accounted for in 2020-21 accounts because accommodation costs are treated as prepayments. As well as settling contractual commitments for 2020 accommodation, NCST was also able to negotiate, at no additional cost, a break from the second and third year of multi-year accommodation contracts, thereby reducing the future accommodation costs for NCST and the taxpayer.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Covid-19 restrictions meant that NCST was unable to offer its usual residential programme in 2020 but NCST worked with its core programme providers to repurpose the funds already committed to deliver an alternative programme, including digital content, volunteering opportunities and support within schools and colleges. Additionally, service user contributions received by NCST for young people to attend the Summer 2020 programme were refunded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 21/04/2021 10:31:04 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1309854

registered interest
date	16/04/2021
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	National Citizen Service Trust: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the full cost of the unfilled places of the National Citizens Service in 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	182067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>As detailed in the National Citizen Service Trust’s Annual Report for the financial year 2019/20, the impact of Covid-19 has meant that NCST are unable to calculate standard value for money metrics on a financial year basis due to the cancellation of the Summer 2020 programme. Instead, NCST measured their performance on cost of unfilled places on a calendar year basis.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As stated in NCST’s Annual Report 2019/20, costs of unfilled places fell year on year from £9.5m in 2018 to £5.0m in 2019. This spend went to NCST’s network of Delivery Partners (mostly made up of non-profit youth sector organisations), who the Trust gives part of their revenue upfront to support preparatory activities such as running recruitment events and hiring programme staff.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The revised supplier contracts from 2020 onwards have been designed to minimise the risks of the Trust paying for places which are not filled in future. Furthermore, centralised booking of accommodation will enable the Trust to improve payment terms and minimise unfilled bed costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 21/04/2021 10:32:48 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1308579

registered interest
date	13/04/2021
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: 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, how much and what proportion of the budget of the National Citizen Service was spent on advertising and marketing in 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	180549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>As detailed in the National Citizen Service Trust’s Annual Report 2019/20, ‘Communication, Marketing and Media Costs’ totalled £7,099,000. This accounts for circa 4.5% of the total expenditure of the National Citizen Service Trust for 2019/20, which was £156,384,000.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 19/04/2021 10:45:18 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith