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1306316

registered interest
date	25/03/2021
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	Charities: Lobbying
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 he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to restrict charities who receive public money from engaging in lobbying activities.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	176077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government Grants Functional Standard already includes a requirement for departments to ensure grant agreements provide a clear description of how funding should be spent which precludes the use of public money in paid for lobbying. This is to ensure that public money is used for its intended purpose.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Funded charities can use other funding sources to undertake non-party political activities and campaigning that supports their charitable purpose.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 13/04/2021 16:14:36 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1002206

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Charities: Lobbying
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether public funds are used to support charities which lobby government departments; and if so, to what purpose.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL11227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government's Grant Standards include a requirement for grant agreements to provide a clear description of how funding should be spent which precludes the use of government funding for paid for lobbying, where lobbying is not a requirement of the grant.</p><p> </p><p>Providing feedback to a department on a funded programme, or responding to public consultations, where the topic is relevant to the objectives of the grant scheme, for example, would be permitted, as described in the guidance which supports the Grant Standards.</p><p> </p><p>Grant Standards do not restrict how charities spend their non-government funding.</p><p> </p><p>This ensures public funds are used as intended and protects charities independence, freedom of speech and their ability to contribute their expertise to policy development.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 15/11/2018 16:18:36 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

882245

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Charities: Lobbying
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 steps he has taken to ensure that charities have access to clear advice on the effect of the provisions of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	135348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The changes made to the existing third party campaigning rules by the Transparency of Lobbying Act 2014 do not restrict charities’ freedom to campaign to further their charitable purposes in a non-partisan way, but instead make the political system more accountable. Charities can legitimately undertake a wide range of campaigning activities as part of their work.</p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission provides clear guidance for charities that may be considering campaigning in the run up to an election. Where there is significant spending on campaigning that could influence the election, the rules ensure that this is transparent.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/04/2018 12:42:25 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

731297

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Charities: Lobbying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the effect of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 on the work of charities.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	76
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>The changes made to the existing third party campaigning rules by the Transparency of Lobbying Act 2014 do not restrict charities’ freedom to campaign to further their charitable purposes in a non-partisan way, but instead make the political system more accountable. At the 2015 general election, 68 organisations were registered with the Electoral Commission as third party campaigners undertaking campaigning activity which could influence the election outcome, of which 11 were charities.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 26/06/2017 16:22:50 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

511500

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Charities: Lobbying
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what meetings or other communications took place between Cabinet Office ministers and Mr Chris Snowdon of the Institute of Economic Affairs relating to government funding of voluntary organisations in the twelve months prior to the announcement on 6 February of the new clause in grant agreements restricting the use of government grants for lobbying purposes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL7542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The Institute of Economic Affairs' written research into the misuse of government grants was acknowledged at the time that the clause was first introduced by the Department of Communities and Local Government before the last general election, and also by the Cabinet Office when it published its guidance on the new clause.</p><p>Details of Cabinet Office Ministers' meetings, and those of the Cabinet Office Permanent Secretaries, are centrally collated and routinely published in transparency returns available on the Gov.uk website.</p><p>Information relating to the meetings and communications of Cabinet Office civil servants, including special advisers, is not routinely collated and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL7543 HL7544 question first answered 26/04/2016 16:38:45 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

511501

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Charities: Lobbying
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what meetings or other communications took place between Cabinet Office officials and Mr Chris Snowdon of the Institute of Economic Affairs relating to government funding of voluntary organisations in the twelve months prior to the announcement on 6 February of the new clause in grant agreements restricting the use of government grants for lobbying purposes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL7543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The Institute of Economic Affairs' written research into the misuse of government grants was acknowledged at the time that the clause was first introduced by the Department of Communities and Local Government before the last general election, and also by the Cabinet Office when it published its guidance on the new clause.</p><p>Details of Cabinet Office Ministers' meetings, and those of the Cabinet Office Permanent Secretaries, are centrally collated and routinely published in transparency returns available on the Gov.uk website.</p><p>Information relating to the meetings and communications of Cabinet Office civil servants, including special advisers, is not routinely collated and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL7542 HL7544 question first answered 26/04/2016 16:38:45 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

511502

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Charities: Lobbying
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what meetings or other communications took place between Mr Sheridan Westlake, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister, and Mr Chris Snowdon of the Institute of Economic Affairs relating to government funding of voluntary organisations in the 12 months prior to the announcement on 6 February of the new clause in grant agreements restricting the use of government grants for lobbying purposes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL7544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The Institute of Economic Affairs' written research into the misuse of government grants was acknowledged at the time that the clause was first introduced by the Department of Communities and Local Government before the last general election, and also by the Cabinet Office when it published its guidance on the new clause.</p><p>Details of Cabinet Office Ministers' meetings, and those of the Cabinet Office Permanent Secretaries, are centrally collated and routinely published in transparency returns available on the Gov.uk website.</p><p>Information relating to the meetings and communications of Cabinet Office civil servants, including special advisers, is not routinely collated and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL7542 HL7543 question first answered 26/04/2016 16:38:45 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

457904

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Charities: Lobbying
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will require charities to take to establish that no part of their funding of lobbying activity is derived from Government grants.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL6722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Recipients of public money through grants should maintain records of how that money is spent, as required by the grant agreement.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 21/03/2016 17:54:17 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

458725

registered interest
date	03/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Charities: Lobbying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations he has received from charities on the Government's proposal to prevent charities using government grants to lobby Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	903987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>Taxpayers money should not be diverted away from its intended purpose and wasted on political campaigning and political lobbying. The clause does not stop grant recipients, including charities, from using other sources of funding for this or from making their views known.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 903988 903990 question first answered 09/03/2016 14:45:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

458727

registered interest
date	03/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Charities: Lobbying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations he has received from charities on the Government's proposal to prevent charities using government grants to lobby Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	903988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>Taxpayers money should not be diverted away from its intended purpose and wasted on political campaigning and political lobbying. The clause does not stop grant recipients, including charities, from using other sources of funding for this or from making their views known.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 903987 903990 question first answered 09/03/2016 14:45:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes