Written questions

2,147 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Prescribing: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 27 of the Government's Loneliness strategy, what progress his Department has made on piloting a new accredited learning programme for social prescribing link workers.

22 Oct 2019 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 11 of the Government's Loneliness strategy, whether he has issued guidance to schools on using their grounds as public community spaces.

22 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Loneliness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 43 of the Government's loneliness strategy, what progress his Department has made on funding research into the impact of community-led housing and cohousin

21 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure gay and bisexual men in Lewisham, Deptford constituency have access to places on the PrEP impact trial.

21 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Voluntary Work: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the underspend of the National Citizen Service was in each of the last five years.

16 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Loneliness: Social Prescribing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 25 of the Government's strategy for tackling loneliness, published in October 2018, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of social prescribing since

15 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Prescribing: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children and teenagers that have benefitted from social prescribing services since July 2018.

15 Oct 2019 · Home Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's Guidance, Anti-knife crime community fund - year 3 (2019-20), last updated on 26 June 2019, when she plans to publish the successful bids for that fund.

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 16 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what steps the Inclusive Economy Unit has taken to follow up the recommendations from the Advisory Group on growing

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 17 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what steps her Department has taken on exploring the application of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 to o

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 17 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what progress her Department has made on establishing the potential for the use of social value in grants as well as

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 17 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what steps her Department has taken towards ensuring that the principles of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 17 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what steps her Department has taken towards improving the use of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012.

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 16 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what steps her Department has taken towards broadening the range of funding options for community initiatives.

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 16 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what progress her Department has made on extending the support offered to public sector teams aspiring to form mutua

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 16 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what steps her Department has taken to support the spread of Citizen Commissioners.

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 15 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what steps her Department has taken towards establishing a Responsible Business Leadership Group.

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 15 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, when her Department plans to provide an update on its approach to support for responsible business.

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 15 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what progress her Department has made on working with partners to explore how best to use digital technology to buil

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 15 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what progress her Department has made on working with (a) the Charity Commission and (b) UK Community Foundations to

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Social Enterprises

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 15 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what steps her Department has taken to establish a regular forum for social enterprises to co-ordinate relations wit

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 15 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what steps her Department has taken towards convening a cross-government group to work with civil society to establi

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 14 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what steps her Department has taken to work with (a) civil society, (b) the Electoral Commission and (c) the charity

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 14 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what plans her Department has to renew its commitment to the Compact.

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 14 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what steps her Department has taken to work with partners to develop new models of community funding.

14 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Assets: Ownership

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 14 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what progress his Department has made towards improving guidance to help communities take ownership of local

14 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sustainable Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 13 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what progress her Department has made towards designing a programme to look at more sustainable spaces in conjunctio

14 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Citizens' Assemblies

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress her Department has made on the implementation of the Innovation in Democracy Programme.

14 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 13 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what progress her Department has made towards building on the cross-sector partnership created by the #iwill campaig

14 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 13 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what progress her Department has made towards working with the Department for Education to develop proposals to help

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