Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which youth full-time social action programmes have received statutory funding in each of the last five years.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
Government is committed to increasing the quality and quantity of social action opportunities available to young people. The below table outlines the main funding pots and programmes that have been established to provide these opportunities:
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Live programmes/funds |
Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund | Uniformed Youth Social Action Fund | National Youth Social Action Fund | National Citizen Service |
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| Local Youth Social Action Fund | #iwill fund |
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| European Voluntary Service (EU funded) |
These funds and programmes are not specifically designed to increase the number of full time social action opportunities available, and as such, we do not collect data on the duration of the social action activities provided.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to change the status of full-time volunteers from not being in education, employment or training.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
The recently published Review of Full Time Social Action by Young People considered the legal status of young people who could be recorded as NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) while taking part in full time social action.
The Government will publish its response to the Review’s report in due course.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2017 to Question 117774 on charities: young people, when she expects the response to be published; and if she will place a copy in the Library.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
The Chair of the review was recently granted a deadline extension by one month, and will report to government by the end of January 2018. Government will respond in due course, and as per standard protocol, a copy will be placed in the Library.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what account she plans to take of the importance of youth full-time social action in her Civil Society Strategy.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
The Civil Society Strategy will reaffirm the value that government places on civil society and explore what more government can do to support its work. It will provide an opportunity to explore ways to build new partnerships within and between sectors and communities in order to better mobilise resources and expertise and find practical new solutions to the problems we face.
A listening exercise will be launched in the new year and findings reported later in the 2018. We will engage young people and youth organisations in the development of the Strategy.
The Full Time Social Action Review is independent of government and will publish its findings in December 2017, in time to take account of their recommendations in the Civil Society Strategy.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) industry representatives and (b) other stakeholders on the regulation of the (i) advertising and (ii) marketing of Equity Release and Lifetime Mortgages.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the UK's regulator of advertising and seeks to ensure that all adverts, wherever they appear, are legal, decent, honest and truthful. Although the regulatory system is independent of government we have regular meetings with the ASA to discuss their work on a broad range of topics.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish the Government's youth policy statement.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
DCMS conducted a series of regional workshops in March and April to discuss current issues for youth policy with representatives from the youth sector, local authorities and young people. The evidence gathered is being used by the Office for Civil Society across its youth policy work. Any announcement about youth policy will be made in due course.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on children's health of restricting the marketing of high in fat, salt or sugar foods before the 9pm watershed.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Current advertising restrictions in the UK on high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) products are among the toughest in the world. Strict new rules came into effect on 1 July banning the advertising of HFSS food or drink products in children’s media. These restrictions apply across all non-broadcast media including in print, cinema, online and in social media.
In August we announced £5 million investment to fund a national institute for obesity research policy unit to provide a robust evidence base and deeper understanding of the causes of childhood obesity, including marketing to children and families. The unit’s findings will be fed into the department's future policy development and engagement.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to strengthen existing regulations on the marketing of foods that are high in fat, salt and sugar to children before the 9pm watershed.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Current advertising restrictions in the UK on high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) products are among the toughest in the world. Strict new rules came into effect on 1 July banning the advertising of HFSS food or drink products in children’s media. These restrictions apply across all non-broadcast media including in print, cinema, online and in social media.
In August we announced £5 million investment to fund a national institute for obesity research policy unit to provide a robust evidence base and deeper understanding of the causes of childhood obesity, including marketing to children and families. The unit’s findings will be fed into the department's future policy development and engagement.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with broadcasters on restricting the marketing of foods that are high in fat, salt and sugar to children before the 9pm watershed.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Current advertising restrictions in the UK on high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) products are among the toughest in the world. Strict new rules came into effect on 1 July banning the advertising of HFSS food or drink products in children’s media. These restrictions apply across all non-broadcast media including in print, cinema, online and in social media.
In August we announced £5 million investment to fund a national institute for obesity research policy unit to provide a robust evidence base and deeper understanding of the causes of childhood obesity, including marketing to children and families. The unit’s findings will be fed into the department's future policy development and engagement.