Tracey Crouch: I recently visited the Kent, Surrey and Sussex CRC to see the great work it is doing to support 9,000 low-risk and medium-risk offenders across three counties, including through an excellent partnership with Buckmore Park scouts for community payback. Will the Minister join me in congratulating it on its creative partnership and holistic approach to the offender, which is bringing about...
Tracey Crouch: It is a pleasure to speak first in this important debate, thus cementing my status as a former Minister who has resumed their old place on the Back Benches. I could speak about many issues, including the protection of horses, which others have mentioned, and the worrying growth in young drivers who use seatbelt alarm disablers, which my local fire and rescue service raised. However, I want to...
Tracey Crouch: Thank you, Mr Speaker. It is a pleasure—
Tracey Crouch: The table below shows the percentage of participants who said they are ‘more likely to help out in my local area’ after NCS, as part of annual independent evaluations which are available on the NCS Trust’s website (2017 results are not yet published): Year Summer Autumn 2013 72% 76% 2014 68% 70% 2015 66% 67% 2016 76% 64% In addition, the NCS Trust...
Tracey Crouch: The National Lottery raises over £1.6 Billion a year for good cause projects across the UK. 40% of this funding is distributed for Big Lottery Fund. The Big Lottery Fund is the largest funder of community activity in the UK. It funds both large and small charities across every community in the UK.Every year, around 90% of its awards to community projects are for £10,000 or less. On...
Tracey Crouch: The footballing authorities take financial management within their sport very seriously. The FA has introduced a club licensing system in the National League System covering the areas of legal; ownership and control; integrity; finance; and grounds and security of tenure. The Premier League and English Football League that take responsibility for these matters for clubs in their competition...
Tracey Crouch: We are committed to working closely with the civil society sector. Since his appointment in July 2018, the Secretary of State for DCMS has met with several civil society representatives. During a recent visit to Salisbury, he met with volunteers from Alabaré, a charity which supports homeless, vulnerable and marginalised people, and discussing how the government can help to remove...
Tracey Crouch: Digital fundraising platforms raise significant funds for charitable causes and therefore must ensure high standards of transparency to allow donors to make informed decisions. The Fundraising Regulator has updated the Code of Fundraising Practice to include requirements for these platforms, including new transparency requirements about charges. This helps donors ensure that as much money...
Tracey Crouch: The figures for asset sales provided by the London Legacy Development Corporation in July 2018 for PQ 168018 are still current. The Corporation does not hold a schedule for asset sales, and the Department has not discussed the development of one with them.
Tracey Crouch: As set out in the Civil Society Strategy the government is committed to supporting a thriving civil society throughout the country. To inform our approach and understand the health and makeup of civil society across the country we draw from a range of sources for evidence, such as the NVCO’s UK civil society almanac and data from the Charity Commission.
Tracey Crouch: The department sets the NCS Trust’s participation targets each spring for the following financial year, based on the NCS Trust’s estimate of demand. We will consider future participation levels as part of our work on the forthcoming Spending Review.
Tracey Crouch: The government's Sporting Future strategy is clear that sport and physical activity have a key role to play to promote inclusion, celebrate diversity and to tackle discrimination of all kinds. The strategy sets out that all future funding will focus on the delivery of five key outcomes - physical wellbeing, mental wellbeing, individual development, social and community development and...
Tracey Crouch: I would be delighted, Mr Owen. Unlike the hon. Member for Tooting (Dr Allin-Khan), I do not think that this is the first time that I have served under your chairmanship. I am sure that it will be as much of a pleasure as last time. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Mansfield (Ben Bradley) for securing the debate. I welcome the opportunity to raise awareness of this important issue and...
Tracey Crouch: We already involve the NHS, but we can do more. That is not within my portfolio, but I assure the hon. Gentleman that a lot is going on in terms of the social prescribing of physical activity in local communities to combat the issues that he mentioned. Other things can be done—he should remind me to tell him about some girl guides from Wales who just visited me, who have been working...
Tracey Crouch: We all want to see more and better facilities. It is important that we work together in partnership to help people to get active, but sporting facilities all need to be properly planned, and that is where the leadership of colleagues here in Parliament, including leadership of their colleagues in their own constituencies, is incredibly important. Understanding the needs of local communities...
Tracey Crouch: The change to stakes will be delivered through secondary legislation. We intend to lay the draft affirmative regulations before Parliament, for the usual process of approval, in the Autumn term. A date for implementation of the change will be announced in due course.
Tracey Crouch: Government's Arms Length Bodies (ALBs), including the four DCMS Sport ALBs (Sport England, UK Sport, the Sports Ground Safety Authority and UK Anti-Doping), have to comply with the Treasury's publication Managing Public Money. They are also subject to various other spending controls which set out how they should allocate and govern their funding. ALBs are audited annually to ensure that they...
Tracey Crouch: We believe charities and social enterprises should be fully confident in their right to speak in public debates, and to have a strong campaigning and advocacy role. The government has not made an assessment on the effect of anti-advocacy clauses in government contracts on charities.
Tracey Crouch: Part 2 of the Charities Act 1992 requires all professional fundraisers, including online fundraising platforms, to inform potential donors of their fees and charges. The Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Fundraising Practice was strengthened in June 2018 and accompanied by guidance to make clear what is expected of online fundraising platforms in terms of their transparency. These...
Tracey Crouch: I refer the Honourable Member to my response to PQ 179240 on 18th October.