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 29 October 2021 to Question 56464 on Voluntary Organisations: Finance, what steps he has taken to ensure that insurance products are available to civil society organisations that do not exclude cover for covid-19 or other pandemics.

As stated in my answer of 29 October 2021, our work to monitor the impact of the pandemic on the sector has not raised serious cross-sectoral concerns about the availability of insurance.

The government has taken action to address insurance challenges - such as the Live Events Reinsurance Scheme referenced in my previous answer - which can benefit civil society organisations, but has not been specifically designed to respond to needs of civil society organisations.

The government will continue to work with sector representatives and listen to concerns raised regarding the impact of the pandemic.