Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"The Speaker’s Committee has not made a recent assessment of the matters raised. The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee recently concluded an inquiry on the work of the Electoral Commission. It recognised the complexity of electoral law, recommending that it is rationalised and improved. It also noted a “strong …..."Cat Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2022
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"The commission’s view remains that a strategy and policy statement by which the Government can guide its work is inconsistent with the role of an independent Electoral Commission. It has published its response to the current consultation, highlighting where the draft departs from the existing plans for its work, which …..."Cat Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2022
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"The Electoral Commission has been clear that major changes to electoral law should be made at least six months ahead of those elections, and the legislation has been a bit slow in coming forward. However, the commission is working hard to make sure that electoral administrators get that guidance as …..."Cat Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2022
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"The Government piloted different models of voter ID at elections in 2018 and 2019. In its independent evaluations, the commission found no evidence that turnout was significantly affected by the models piloted. However, it was unable to draw definitive conclusions, particularly about the likely impact at a national poll with …..."Cat Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2022
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"I can reassure the right hon. Gentleman that the Committee has heard the points that he has made, but it is for the Government and not the commission to comment on the reasoning behind the inclusion or exclusion of any particular form of ID. The commission has emphasised that voting …..."Cat Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2022
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"The Electoral Commission has not identified young people as a group that is more likely to need additional support to navigate the ID requirements. Its research found that 2% of 18 to 24-year-olds said that they do not have an acceptable photo ID, which is in line with the average …..."Cat Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2022
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"The list of acceptable ID was included in the Elections Bill. There is of course secondary legislation before the House on 12 December and I encourage my hon. Friend to take part in the debate on the Floor of the House. The commission did provide feedback on the Bill’s content, …..."Cat Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2022
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"The commission has consistently made the case before the roll-out of voter ID requirements that, should they be rolled out, there should be a free voter authority certificate available via local authorities. The legislation to make provision for that was laid before the House recently and will be debated on …..."Cat Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Nov 2022
BBC Local Radio: Proposed Reduction in Provision
"I am sure you would agree with me, Mr Speaker, that while all local radio stations are good, BBC Radio Lancashire is the greatest of them all. All the more reason, then, to raise my concern that in Lancashire it is proposed that from 2 pm onwards we have shared …..."Cat Smith - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 26th October 2022
Asked by:
Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre)
Question
to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the programmes that were allocated funding from the Youth Investment Fund for youth programmes and supporting youth service delivery between 2017-18 and 2020-21.
Answered by Stuart Andrew
- Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport originally launched a Youth Investment Fund programme in September 2016, which ran from 2016 to 2021. Following two rounds of applications, 91 funding awards were made in the six areas targeted by the programme. The six targeted areas were:
A list of award recipients allocated funding from this programme, delivered between 2017 and 2021, can be found here.
In autumn 2019 the government announced a new Youth Investment Fund which is being delivered in two distinct phases.
Phase One of the Youth Investment Fund (YIF), administered by BBC Children in Need, delivered £12 million of funding in 2021-22 to over 400 local youth organisations in levelling up priority areas in England. Recipients of YIF Phase 1 can be found here.
Phase Two of the Youth Investment Fund opened for applications on 1 August 2022. No awards have yet been made.