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968960

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Social Enterprises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to encourage the public sector to commission goods and services from social enterprises.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	906669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Society Strategy recently set out government's long term ambition to grow social value commissioning and strengthen the Social Value Act.</p><p>We have already committed £2.7 million to support the growth and sustainability of public service mutuals, the majority of which are staff-led social enterprises.</p><p> </p><p>With the Cabinet Office, DCMS is implementing a package of measures for the future of social value and procurement. This includes training for government commercial staff and will help unlock more opportunities for social enterprises.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 06/09/2018 11:08:32 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

944899

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
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	Social Enterprises
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they are working to promote social enterprise.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL9682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2018 answer text <p>HMG has had a longstanding policy to support social enterprises, as an important part of a growing economy and a stronger society. Current areas of focus include:</p><ul><li>The forthcoming Civil Society Strategy will put social enterprises at the core of civil society and address strengthening the impact of the Social Value Act.</li><li>The Crown Representative for the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sectors will ensure that social enterprises have a powerful voice in both commissioner and supplier communities.</li><li>In June the Minister for the Cabinet Office announced a package of measures for the future of public service delivery which will increase the focus on social value in public procurement.</li><li>We also continue to support and promote public service mutuals, many of which are social enterprises, and social enterprise awareness campaigns such as Social Saturday.</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 27/07/2018 13:31:24 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

800423

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Social Enterprises
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 1 August (HL1112), in what ways their Industrial Strategy will better support social enterprises.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL3810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s ambitious, modern Industrial Strategy sets out a long term plan to boost the productivity and earning power of people throughout the UK. It sets out how we are building a Britain fit for the future – how we will help businesses create better, higher-paying jobs in every part of the United Kingdom with investment in the skills, industries and infrastructure of the future.</p><p> </p><p>We will drive productivity in businesses and social enterprises of all sizes by increasing collaboration, building skills and ensuring everyone has the opportunity of ‘good work’ and better, higher-paying jobs. We will create a business environment equipped for the challenges and opportunities of new technologies and new ways of doing business, including innovative social enterprises that make an enormous contribution to our economy and our communities across the country.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is clear that the industrial strategy is part of our work to deliver an economy that works for everyone. It is a long term strategy to boost productivity and earning power of all people throughout the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 15/12/2017 15:00:29 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

693673

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
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	Social Enterprises
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of people employed by social enterprises in each year since 2010.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL5577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The attached “Social Enterprise: Market Trends 2014” report found that the social enterprise sector employed roughly 2.27 million people in 2014. Estimated employment had increased by approximately 300,000 since 2012, when data were last collected. Data for 2016 are being collated and reviewed and will be published later this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 09/03/2017 15:50:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe attachment 1 file name SOCIAL_ENTERPRISE-_MARKET_TRENDS_2015.pdf title Social Enterprise: Market Trends 2014 report
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

692186

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
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	Social Enterprises
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they (1) currently support, and (2) plan to support, the social enterprise and social investment sectors across the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL5480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government continues to deliver a number of initiatives to support social enterprises. Specifically we have strengthened the social investment market by building the infrastructure, for example by setting up Big Society Capital, the world’s first wholesale social investment institution, which has already made over £587m worth of investments. We have also set up Access, a £60m foundation for social investment, which supports social enterprises to take on investment.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government has increased opportunities for social enterprises to win public sector contracts by developing 32 operational Social Impact Bonds, which are a type of outcomes based contracts to deliver public services.</p><p> </p><p>We have also encouraged individuals to invest in social enterprises through the world’s first Social Investment Tax Relief that allows people to offset 30% of the cost of their investment from their income tax liability. UK charities and social enterprises have raised £3.4m in two years thanks to the relief. Access to procurement opportunities for social enterprises has been facilitated through the Social Value Act, which encourages commissioners to consider the social value of their suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to support the growth of public service mutuals to promote greater employee input within organisations. 115 public service mutuals have been created since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The recent Industrial Strategy Green Paper reaffirmed the government's commitment to social enterprise, and the government is currently consulting on this.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 02/03/2017 15:18:03 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

673663

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
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	Social Enterprises
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the publication of <i>Scotland's</i><i>Social Enterprise Strategy</i> 2016–2026 on 14 December 2016, what plans they have to (1) grow the social enterprise sector over the next 10 years, and (2) develop the UK’s position as a world leader in social enterprise.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL4655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>Charities and social enterprises play an important role in the government’s mission of building an economy that works for everyone. The government is building on its role as a world leader in social enterprise by championing procurement for social value, supporting social enterprise awareness campaigns, building the social investment market, using social enterprises to address issues at scale and expanding the social investment tax relief.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 24/01/2017 16:45:33 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

671917

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
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	Social Enterprises
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 10 January (HL Deb, col 1856), what is their definition of a social enterprise.
tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
uin	HL4586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>Social enterprises are businesses with primarily social/environmental objectives, whose surpluses are principally reinvested for that purpose in the business or community rather than mainly being paid to shareholders or owners. We are currently refreshing our own government estimates of the nature and size of the social enterprise market in the UK, and we will publish our research early in 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 24/01/2017 12:31:01 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

223199

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Social Enterprises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2014 to Question 211134, how much funding has gone to each of the social enterprise incubators named; and how the social enterprise incubators based in London but with national focus realised their national mission.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	225232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>Cabinet Office has supported 10 incubators through its £10m Social Incubator Fund. The incubators cover all areas of England, with six of the incubators located outside of London.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p><strong>Incubator </strong></p></td><td><p> </p><p><strong>Funding amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Incubator North</p><p>Wayra UnLtd</p><p>Big Issue Invest CSV</p><p>Health Social Innovators</p><p>Bethnal Green Ventures</p></td><td><p>£1,065,000</p><p>£1,219,006</p><p>£1,000,000</p><p>£600,000</p><p>£900,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Incubator East</p></td><td><p>£902,268</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEEDbed</p></td><td><p>£876,950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dotforge</p></td><td><p>£1,115,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Young Academy</p></td><td><p>£1,560,905</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solve</p><p> </p></td><td><p>1,489,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>London based incubators attract social entrepreneurs from across the country through holding promotional events in a variety of locations, and use social media extensively to attract applications from outside London. Each incubator aims to support social ventures that have the capacity to operate at scale. The markets into which they are aiming to provide services or sell their product are national by definition.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 27/02/2015 12:13:21 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

99784

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Social Enterprises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which social enterprise incubators outside London his Department supports.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	211134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Cabinet Office has supported 10 incubators through its £10M Social Incubator Fund.</p><p>The incubators cover all areas of England, with six of the incubators located outside of London.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Incubator </strong></p></td><td><p> </p><p><strong>Geographical focus</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td>Social Incubator North</td><td><p>North of England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Incubator East</p></td><td><p>East of England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEEDbed</p></td><td><p>South West of England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dotforge</p></td><td><p>North of England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Young Academy</p></td><td><p>London, Nottingham and Derby</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solve</p></td><td><p>London and Birmingham / Black Country</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The other four incubators (Wayra UnLtd, Bethnal Green Ventures, Big Issue Invest's Corporate Social Venturing and Health Social Innovators’ Fund) are based in London but have a national focus.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 23/10/2014 15:48:06 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

63820

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Social Enterprises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made on supporting social enterprises.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	904467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>This Government is doing a great deal to support the growth of social enterprises. We are improving their access to finance through social investment. We are making it easier for them to deliver public services through the Social Value Act and a wide range of capacity building support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/06/2014 14:37:47 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous