The Prime Minister (Mrs Theresa May)
This written ministerial statement confirms the following Machinery of Government change.
The functions of the Office for Civil Society (OCS) have been transferred from the Cabinet Office to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The transfer will include responsibility for youth policy and the National Citizen Service. It will integrate OCS’s work to grow a stronger civil society with DCMS’s existing work to enrich lives. It will also simplify sponsorship responsibilities for the lottery providers.
OCS will continue its cross-Government work in support of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector and their important contribution to public services and the social economy; and its work to promote social and community action, social investment, mission-led business and mutuals.
OCS’s functions relating to policy innovation (the Policy Lab) will remain in the Cabinet Office.
A Cabinet Office note setting out further detail on this change has been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
It can also be viewed online at: http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements.
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