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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what guidance his Department issues to charities which use door-to-door selling on protecting elderly and vulnerable people.
[153269]
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what guidance his Department issues to charities which use door-to-door selling on protecting elderly and vulnerable people.
[153269]
The Code of Fundraising Practice for public collections, developed by the Institute of Fundraising, states that collectors ought not to approach individuals that may reasonably be considered to be vulnerable adults. Also, it is illegal for a doorstep charity collector to:
“importune any person to the annoyance of such person”,
or to remain in, or at the door of, any house if requested to leave.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding his Department pays out annually to cancer charities.
[152946]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding his Department pays out annually to cancer charities.
[152946]
The Department does not have an annual set amount that it pays out to charities. During 2012-13; the Department made the following payments to voluntary sector organisations specialising in cancer services.
| 2012-13 | |
| Organisation | £ |
| Bowel
Cancer
UK | 50,000 |
| Breakthrough
Breast
Cancer | 189,256 |
| Breast
Cancer
Care | 86,265 |
| Cancer
Research
UK | 1,553,217 |
| CLIC
Sargent | 24,958 |
| Hereditary
Breast Cancer
Helpline | 80,000 |
| Macmillan
Cancer
Support | 210,930 |
| Marie
Curie Cancer
Care | 3,708,062 |
It should be noted that charitable organisations that specialise in cancer are not separately identified within the Department's financial systems and therefore the information above may not include all cancer charities to which the Department has made payments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what grants and payments have been made by his Department to registered charities over the last two years; and what criteria he has used in allocating such grants.
[152201]
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what grants and payments have been made by his Department to registered charities over the last two years; and what criteria he has used in allocating such grants.
[152201]
This information is not held centrally and so cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.
That this House expresses its utter condemnation of and disgust with Bernard Rowen of Greater Manchester Accessible Transport Limited for his repeated victimisation of a constituent of the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, whom he has dismissed twice without any valid justification; deplores slanderous statements made by management about this constituent; calls for the immediate reinstatement of this constituent and for his victimisation to cease; further calls instead for the dismissal of Bernard Rowen, who is not fit for this publicly-funded job; further calls on the Charities Commission to investigate the conduct of this organisation; further calls on the operating partners (Community Transport Services Manager, Manchester City Council, Manchester Community Transport and Manchester Ring and Ride) to carry out a similar investigation; and further calls on Transport for Greater Manchester Committee to review its funding of Greater Manchester Accessible Transport in the light of these circumstances.
That this House expresses its utter condemnation of and disgust with Bernard Rowen of Greater Manchester Accessible Transport Limited for his repeated victimisation of a constituent of the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, whom he has dismissed twice without any valid justification; deplores slanderous statements made by management about...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will request that the Charity Commission reports on the number of new charitable foundations established in the last 10 years, the amounts of assets endowed in such foundations and the range of work they undertake.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will request that the Charity Commission reports on the number of new charitable foundations established in the last 10 years, the amounts of assets endowed in such foundations and the range of work they undertake.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have consulted the Charity Commission to ensure that organisations, including religious ones, that have a political agenda do not qualify for charitable status.[HL6337]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have consulted the Charity Commission to ensure that organisations, including religious ones, that have a political agenda do not qualify for charitable status.[HL6337]
To be a charity, an organisation must have exclusively charitable purposes for the public benefit. No organisation with a political purpose can be a charity as a matter of law. Charities can undertake political activities that support their charitable purposes where the trustees consider it to be an effective use of the charity’s resources. Charities must not engage in party politics or support political parties or candidates. It is for the Charity Commission, as independent regulator, to intervene where a charity breaches these rules.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what funding they have provided to the National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR) in the past three years, and for what purposes; when that body was first registered as a charity and on what grounds; and under what criteria NIESR staff are permitted...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what funding they have provided to the National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR) in the past three years, and for what purposes; when that body was first registered as a charity and on what grounds; and under what criteria NIESR staff are permitted...
The National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR) is an independent institute. NIESR receives funding for specific research projects from a number of government sources, including the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), as well as the private sector, usually via competitive tenders or calls for research proposals. It has no single government sponsor, hence, the following government funding figures, drawn up in consultation with the NIESR, are indicative:
| Funder | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 |
| ESRC | £159,611 | £328,946 | £674,495 |
| Other
Government
Funding | £699,844 | £575,811 | £561,433 |
| Total | £859,455 | £904,757 | £1,235,928 |
Funding has been used for research on a wide variety of economic issues, including for example labour markets, productivity, immigration, macroeconomic analysis, education, and regional economic performance. All such research is eventually published by NIESR, the responsible government department, or both.
NIESR was registered as a charity on 27 August 1962 on the basis of its object to advance education in the social sciences. The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) is a private scheme and the USS sets its own criteria. Full sets of accounts including information on public benefit are available at the Charity Commission and Companies House websites. NIESR’s charity number is 306083.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps his Department is taking to support charities threatened with closure.
[151577]
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps his Department is taking to support charities threatened with closure.
[151577]
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 25 March 2013, Official Report, column 961W, to the hon. Member for Heywood and Middleton (Jim Dobbin).
May I draw the House’s attention to the fact that I am going through the process of becoming a board member of the new Free the Children charitable organisation in Britain? The Government’s National Citizen Service positively engages young people during their school holidays. Does my right hon. Friend agree that charitable organisations such as Free the Children, which now exists in Britain, add value to children’s primary and secondary education throughout the year, and are an excellent example of the big society in action?
May I draw the House’s attention to the fact that I am going through the process of becoming a board member of the new Free the Children charitable organisation in Britain? The Government’s National Citizen Service positively engages young people during their school holidays. Does my right hon. Friend agree that charitable organisations such as Free the Children, which now exists in Britain, add value to children’s primary and secondary education throughout the year, and are an excellent example of the big society in action?
Free the Children is a wonderful charity and I look forward to supporting it later this evening.
Free the Children is a wonderful charity and I look forward to supporting it later this evening.
Free the Children is a wonderful charity and I look forward to supporting it later this evening.
May I draw the House’s attention to the fact that I am going through the process of becoming a board member of the new Free the Children charitable organisation in Britain? The Government’s National Citizen Service positively engages young people during their school holidays. Does my right hon. Friend agree that charitable organisations such as Free the Children, which now exists in Britain, add value to children’s primary and secondary education throughout the year, and are an excellent example of the big society in action?
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps his Department is taking to encourage charities to bid for Government contracts.
[151607]
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps his Department is taking to encourage charities to bid for Government contracts.
[151607]
As outlined in the Cabinet Office publication, 'Making it easier for civil society to work with the state', this Government is fully committed to opening up public-service contracts to new bidders, including from civil society organisations such as charities.
In the first instance, we are encouraging charities to bid for Government contracts through providing them with better information.. For example, through the Cabinet Office's Procurement Pipelines we have published £84 billion's worth of Government contracts since November 2011.
We are also making commissioning more sensitive to the needs and strengths of charities through the Cabinet Office's reforms of Government procurement processes, as well as through its Commissioning Academy.
We are supporting charities to improve their readiness to bid for and win Government contracts. We are currently running a series of national master-classes on the commercial skills key to successful contract bids. And we are running a £10 million Investment and Contract Readiness Fund which provides professional support for organisations looking to gain more income from contracts.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many charities registered in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency applied for Gift Aid in each of the last five years; and how much Gift Aid was received by such charities in each of those years.
[151789]
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many charities registered in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency applied for Gift Aid in each of the last five years; and how much Gift Aid was received by such charities in each of those years.
[151789]
HM Revenue and Customs does not separately identify Gift Aid claims by regions of the UK.
Amounts of tax repaid to charities in the UK on donations under Gift Aid are published in Table 10.1 on the HMRC website at:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/charity.htm
In 2011-12 a total of £1,076 million (provisional figure) was repaid to UK charities under Gift Aid.
I am glad my hon. Friend raises that point, because I think it will be of concern to Members across the House. In all our constituencies we look to local authorities to exercise their community responsibilities. That is particularly the case at present, as local authorities have growth incentives that...
I am glad my hon. Friend raises that point, because I think it will be of concern to Members across the House. In all our constituencies we look to local authorities to exercise their community responsibilities. That is particularly the case at present, as local authorities have growth incentives that...
Very graciously, you, Mr Speaker, came to my constituency last week to open the first London office of the Silver Star Appeal diabetes trust, and later that week I handed over a Ladbrokes cheque to St Luke’s hospice as a result of a grand national bet I had placed. To...
Very graciously, you, Mr Speaker, came to my constituency last week to open the first London office of the Silver Star Appeal diabetes trust, and later that week I handed over a Ladbrokes cheque to St Luke’s hospice as a result of a grand national bet I had placed. To...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the contribution of charities is accounted for in GDP figures.
[150096]
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the contribution of charities is accounted for in GDP figures.
[150096]
I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Cabinet Office.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Glen Watson, dated April 2013:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking the Chancellor for the Exchequer how the contribution of charities is accounted for in GDP figures. (150096)
The economic activity of charities is included within the Not for Profit Institutions Serving Households sector of National Accounts (known as NPISH). Charities are the largest component of the NPISH sector; other components include trade unions, political parties, religious organisations, friendly and mutual societies and higher and further education institutions (including universities).
The contribution of charities is included in the NPISH final consumption expenditure figures which are included in the expenditure measure of GDP. The latest growth figures for NPISH within GDP can be seen in the tables in appendix B of the Second Estimate of GDP, Q4 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what representations he has received from charitable organisations on the status of exempt accommodation under universal credit; and if he will make a statement.
[150429]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what representations he has received from charitable organisations on the status of exempt accommodation under universal credit; and if he will make a statement.
[150429]
Ministers set out their intentions for the future treatment of supported “exempt accommodation” in their announcement to the Work and Pensions Select Committee on 17 September 2012.
A wide range of providers of supported accommodation, including charitable organisations, have expressed their views about the proposals for reform since then and ministers and officials have had discussions with a number of them.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consideration he has given to reviewing the length of the process for charities to register for Gift Aid to reflect modern technologies and fundraising routes.
[150190]
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consideration he has given to reviewing the length of the process for charities to register for Gift Aid to reflect modern technologies and fundraising routes.
[150190]
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is launching a new Charities Online service on 22 April. This will enable charities to file their Gift Aid claims online. The service will be extended later this year to allow organisations to also apply online to HMRC for recognition for charitable tax purposes. Charities will benefit from an easier process for claiming Gift Aid and a reduction in administrative burdens.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 25 March (WA 193), how many charities have incurred a civil penalty in each of the last five years. [HL6603]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 25 March (WA 193), how many charities have incurred a civil penalty in each of the last five years. [HL6603]
Companies House cannot distinguish those companies which are charities from those which are not. Therefore, it cannot provide figures on how many charities have incurred a civil penalty in each of the last five years.
That this House congratulates YHA on the imaginative ways that it is developing to inspire young people in a modern setting, encourages investment in youth hostels and the innovative programmes it runs to enhance the lives of young people and promotes the invaluable benefit provided by it to everyone who accesses its services; and notes in particular the work done by it for bereaved service families and young people during the summer holidays, the financial support offered for disadvantaged school groups and the successful collaboration with the National Citizen Service and other partner organisations throughout the UK.
That this House congratulates YHA on the imaginative ways that it is developing to inspire young people in a modern setting, encourages investment in youth hostels and the innovative programmes it runs to enhance the lives of young people and promotes the invaluable benefit provided by it to everyone who...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many small charities with an income of (1) less than £10,000 per annum, and (2) more than £10,000 per annum, have been fined by Companies House for late or incomplete delivery of statutory documents in each of the past three years.[HL6164]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many small charities with an income of (1) less than £10,000 per annum, and (2) more than £10,000 per annum, have been fined by Companies House for late or incomplete delivery of statutory documents in each of the past three years.[HL6164]
Companies House does not fine companies. Companies automatically incur a civil penalty if they file their accounts after the filing deadline laid down in legislation. Civil penalties are laid down by Parliament in regulations made under the Companies Act 2006;
the legislation lays the duty to collect penalties on the Registrar of Companies. All monies raised from civil penalties are paid into the Treasury’s consolidated fund and not retained by Companies House.
Although Companies House registers company accounts, and places them on the public record, it does not capture the contents (including the income line) of these accounts. Therefore, we cannot identify how many small charities with an income of (1) less than £10,000 per annum, and (2) more than £10,000 per annum have incurred a civil penalty.