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1192789

registered interest
date	04/05/2020
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	Voluntary Work
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 4 May 2020 to Question 41576, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on enabling furloughed workers employed by faith-based organisations to participate in activities usually undertaken by volunteers in their faith community.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	43132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>DCMS is working with other Government departments and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector to identify areas where volunteers can contribute to the COVID-19 response.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The purpose of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is to support people who would otherwise have been made redundant. To prevent fraudulent claims, the Government has made clear that furloughed individuals cannot continue to work or volunteer for their organisation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 11/05/2020 15:22:55 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

964099

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Voluntary Work
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 his Department's Community Life Survey 2017-18, published on 26 July 2018, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the decrease in the percentage of people involved in social action in their local area at least once in the last year since 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	169374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Community Life Survey 2017-18, published on 26 July 2018, reports a 4% decrease in the number of people involved in social action in their local area at least once in the last year since 2013-14, and a 5% decrease in the number of people taking part in formal volunteering at least once a month since 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of moving from a face-to-face interview to an online form, it is difficult to compare the Community Life Survey 2017-18 with the results from 2013-14 due to potential skews in the types of respondents and the absence of interviewer effects.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has invested significantly in programmes to increase meaningful volunteering and social action. These programmes focus on bringing people together and providing the tools, skills, knowledge and support networks to act as a catalyst for social action to develop (for example, Place Based Social Action, Community Organisers Expansion, Innovation in Democracy, Enabling Social Action).</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 169375 question first answered 11/09/2018 13:56:52 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

964100

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Voluntary Work
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 his Department's Community Life Survey 2017-18, published on 26 July 2018, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the decrease in the percentage of people taking part in formal volunteering at least once a month since 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	169375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Community Life Survey 2017-18, published on 26 July 2018, reports a 4% decrease in the number of people involved in social action in their local area at least once in the last year since 2013-14, and a 5% decrease in the number of people taking part in formal volunteering at least once a month since 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of moving from a face-to-face interview to an online form, it is difficult to compare the Community Life Survey 2017-18 with the results from 2013-14 due to potential skews in the types of respondents and the absence of interviewer effects.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has invested significantly in programmes to increase meaningful volunteering and social action. These programmes focus on bringing people together and providing the tools, skills, knowledge and support networks to act as a catalyst for social action to develop (for example, Place Based Social Action, Community Organisers Expansion, Innovation in Democracy, Enabling Social Action).</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 169374 question first answered 11/09/2018 13:56:52 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

947406

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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	Voluntary Work
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 the timetable is for the publication of his Department’s civil society strategy; and what the scope of that strategy will be.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	167979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Society Strategy sets out a vision for how the government will support and strengthen civil society in the years to come, without compromising its independence. It is based on a 12 week long engagement exercise and complementary policy work. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport published the Strategy on 9<sup>th</sup> August 2018.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 05/09/2018 10:02:08 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

928828

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
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	Voluntary Work
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 plans to publish its response to the civil society strategy consultation, which closed on 22 May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	156398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>The engagement exercise for the Civil Society Strategy closed on Tuesday 22 May 2018. We are grateful to all that took part. We are now busy drafting the Civil Society Strategy in collaboration with departments across government and are aiming to publish later this Summer.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 28/06/2018 15:08:40 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

917675

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Voluntary Work
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 the Government is taking to promote volunteering in local communities.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	150107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>This Parliament, the Office for Civil Society has already committed £2.7 million to the Connected Communities Innovation Fund, to support people and places across the country to thrive through the power of volunteering. We are increasing the number of people trained in Community Organising to 10,000 by 2020 and investing £4.5m in the Place Based Social Action Fund in partnership with Big Lottery Fund to support partnerships of local residents, civil society organisations, service providers and local authorities in 20 areas to come together to address local priorities through social action. Over 400,000 young people have participated in National Citizen Service, and the NCS Trust estimates that since 2013 nearly 7 million hours of volunteering have been donated to local communities.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 11/06/2018 11:20:35 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

915068

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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	Voluntary Work
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 he plans to respond to the recommendations of the January 2018 Independent review of Full-Time Social Action.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	149005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>We are considering the recommendations in the Full Time Social Action Review’s report and I recently met with Steve Holliday, Chair of the Review, to discuss these recommendations in further detail. The Government Response to the Review’s report will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 06/06/2018 09:23:07 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

891486

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Voluntary Work
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 his Department has made of trends in the level of formal volunteering in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	138048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Community Life Survey measures the levels of formal volunteering each year. The trend since 2013 for people volunteering formally at least once a month is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of population engaged</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Formal volunteering was measured using a different methodology before this date, and is therefore not comparable to data from 2013 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>The DCMS Economic Estimates for 2016 (published on gov.uk) measure the value added from both formal and informal volunteering at £32.0bn. Separately, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) publish Satellite Accounts on their website which provide their own estimates for the value of formal volunteering between 2010-2015.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to increasing the quality and quantity of social action opportunities available, regardless of the amount of time given by individuals. Our funds and programmes are not specifically designed to increase the number of full time social action opportunities available, and as such, we do not collect data on the duration of the social action activities provided.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 138049 138050 question first answered 30/04/2018 14:36:29 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

891487

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Voluntary Work
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 his Department has made of the economic value of formal volunteering in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	138049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Community Life Survey measures the levels of formal volunteering each year. The trend since 2013 for people volunteering formally at least once a month is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of population engaged</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Formal volunteering was measured using a different methodology before this date, and is therefore not comparable to data from 2013 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>The DCMS Economic Estimates for 2016 (published on gov.uk) measure the value added from both formal and informal volunteering at £32.0bn. Separately, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) publish Satellite Accounts on their website which provide their own estimates for the value of formal volunteering between 2010-2015.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to increasing the quality and quantity of social action opportunities available, regardless of the amount of time given by individuals. Our funds and programmes are not specifically designed to increase the number of full time social action opportunities available, and as such, we do not collect data on the duration of the social action activities provided.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 138048 138050 question first answered 30/04/2018 14:36:29 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

891488

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Voluntary Work
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 trends in the level of full-time volunteering in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	138050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Community Life Survey measures the levels of formal volunteering each year. The trend since 2013 for people volunteering formally at least once a month is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of population engaged</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Formal volunteering was measured using a different methodology before this date, and is therefore not comparable to data from 2013 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>The DCMS Economic Estimates for 2016 (published on gov.uk) measure the value added from both formal and informal volunteering at £32.0bn. Separately, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) publish Satellite Accounts on their website which provide their own estimates for the value of formal volunteering between 2010-2015.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to increasing the quality and quantity of social action opportunities available, regardless of the amount of time given by individuals. Our funds and programmes are not specifically designed to increase the number of full time social action opportunities available, and as such, we do not collect data on the duration of the social action activities provided.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 138048 138049 question first answered 30/04/2018 14:36:29 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed