Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that all redundancies made in the community and voluntary sector are being recorded.

Any employer, including an employer within the community and voluntary sector, that is proposing to make 20 or more redundancies must notify the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Failure to do so is an offence. As charities are independent organisations, it is for them and their trustees to ensure that any proposed redundancies at this scale are reported in a timely manner.

DCMS has had and continues to have regular engagement with the community and voluntary sector. However, DCMS does not record redundancy data.