Asked by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the appointment of PwC as Official Receivers to Carillion; how many PwC employees are working on the management of Carillion; and what the timetable is for PwC remaining involved in the management of Carillion.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
PwC are not the Official Receivers. Information on the role of PwC within Carillion is held by the Insolvency Service who are the contracting authority for this work.
Asked by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to maintain the level of youth services provision.
Answered by Brooks Newmark
We are working to offer practical support to the youth sector at a time when local authorities continue to make difficult decisions on how to deliver services. This support focuses on promoting delivery models for innovative services, including mutuals, and better measurement of the impact of youth services on the lives of young people.
Asked by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to maintain the level of youth services provision.
Answered by Nick Hurd
We are supporting the voluntary sector in offering new learning opportunities for young people through programmes like NCS.
In addition, we will be offering practical support to local authorities who want to deliver high quality youth services in an innovative way - for example by access to our £10m support programme for Mutuals.