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
3 results
Clear
1 Conclusion Not Addressed
Fifth Report - COVID-19: Governmen…
On the basis of a Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence...
On the basis of a Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (the Department), The National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF) and The Charity Commission on the government’s £750 … Read more
Government Response
The government response provides background information on its £750 million financial support package for charities during the COVID-19 pandemic, detailing allocated and paid-out amounts across various schemes, rather than addressing the committee's procedural statement.
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8 Conclusion Not Addressed
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The Department provided £30 million of funding to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural...
The Department provided £30 million of funding to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), with £7 million allocated to the Zoo Support Fund.27 We asked the Department why the allocation to DEFRA to support zoos came from … Read more
Government Response
The government provides a general defense of its funding allocation processes and adherence to civil service codes but does not address the committee's specific concern regarding the appropriateness of allocating funds from a charity support package to zoos.
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16 Conclusion Not Addressed
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The National Audit Office found that the information available on the geographical distribution of funding...
The National Audit Office found that the information available on the geographical distribution of funding was at times inconsistent or missing, making it difficult to determine the geographical spread of funding awarded. At 19 February 2021, the Department held no … Read more
Government Response
The government states that CCSF grant funding was distributed to every region and almost every local authority in England, with indicative regional funding allocations identified from the outset. It does not address the committee's finding regarding missing or inconsistent data on geographical distribution.
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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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