Covid-19: Government support for charities

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 1 Feb 2021 Closed: 5 Aug 2021 Parliament page
On 8 April 2020, HM Treasury announced £750 million of funding support to help frontline charities continue to operate during the coronavirus outbreak . On 20 May, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and the Office for Civil Society announced that they were working across government to … Read more
7 Recommendations
12 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
4 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 7 events
21 Oct
2021
Correspondence
2 Sep
2021
Report published
9 Jun
2021
Report published
25 May
2021
Correspondence
16 Apr
2021
Correspondence
15 Apr
2021
Oral evidence
15 Apr
2021
Correspondence
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
15 Apr 2021
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COVID-19: Government support for charities
Helen Stephenson CBE · The Charity Commission for England and Wales John Rose · The National Lottery Community Fund Sarah Healey · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fifth Report - COVID-19: Government Support for Charities HC 250 9 Jun 2021 19 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
17 Conclusion Accepted in Part
Fifth Report - COVID-19: Governmen…
The Department told us that its intention was that the overall funding provided would be...
The Department told us that its intention was that the overall funding provided would be of “significant assistance [to the sector] even if it wasn’t able to cover every gap” and that it understood that “charities would have to make … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees and will provide an update on actions to monitor the charity sector's financial health and resilience. DCMS is undertaking a project with partners to review and improve evidence and data concerning the health of the charity and social enterprise sectors, and plans to provide an update within three months.
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Government Response AI assessment · 19 of 7 classified
Accepted 11
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 2
Deferred 1
Not Addressed 3
Rejected 1
Total 7 recs + 12 conclusions
Correspondence 4 letters
21 Oct 2021 Correspondence from Sarah Healey, Permanent Secretary, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, re Update on Recommendation 1, 3, 4 and 5 from the Committee’s report on COVID-19: Government Support for Charities (Fifth Report of Session 2021-22), dated 30 September 2021
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25 May 2021 Correspondence from Sarah Healey, Permanent Secretary, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, re Evidence session on Covid-19 Charities Funding, dated 14 May 2021
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16 Apr 2021 Correspondence from Sarah Healey, Permanent Secretary, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, re Government support for charities during the Covid-19 pandemic, dated 12 April 2021
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15 Apr 2021 Correspondence from Public Accounts Committee Chair Meg Hillier, re Government support for charities during the Covid-19 pandemic, dated 26 March 2021
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