Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, on what date she first became aware that allegations of misconduct had been made against Dame Lowell Goddard in her capacity as Chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse; what those allegations were; and who made her aware of those allegations.
Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead
I refer the Hon member to the answer that I gave her on Wednesday 19 October, Official Report, column 801.
Q14. It has been two years since the Prime Minister set up the child abuse inquiry, which is now on to its fourth chair, and last week the outgoing chair said that it had become inherently unmanageable. Given that the Prime Minister appointed Dame Lowell Goddard to her position, will …
..."Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what payments were made by the Government to Kids Company in each year since 2010; and what conditions were attached to such payments.
Answered by Rob Wilson
Central government has provided approximately £43m to Kids Company since 2005.
Since 2010 the government has provided:
Year | Amount |
2010-2011 | £4.6m |
2011-2012 | £4.8m |
2012-2013 | £4.8m |
2013 - 2014 | £4.5m |
2014 - 2015 | £4.5m |
2015 – 2016 - April | £4.265m |
2015 – 2016 - July | £3m |
Cabinet Office is unable to comment on conditions attached to payments managed by Department for Education prior to the transfer of Youth Policy in 2013. We are also unable to comment on payments made by the previous Labour government. For funding from 2013 – March 2015, Kids Company was required to meet a clear set of delivery targets. An independent third party was appointed by Cabinet Office and Department for Education to independently monitor and evaluate the grant and outcomes Kids Company were reporting. Since March 2015, funding agreements included conditions intended to encourage Kids Company to move to a more financially sustainable model.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions Ministers in his Department had with (a) the Prime Minister and (b) the Prime Minister's Special Advisers before deciding to overrule his Department's Permanent Secretary's advice not to proceed with funding for Kids Company.
Answered by Rob Wilson
To enable a space for the free and frank exchange of views, it is a long-standing convention that specific details about conversations between Ministers are not normally disclosed. The decision to give Kids Company the additional £3m in July was made by Oliver Letwin and Matthew Hancock.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) the Secretary of State for Education and (b) the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education have raised concerns about Kids Company with Ministers in his Department since May 2010.
Answered by Rob Wilson
To enable a space for the free and frank exchange of views, it is a long-standing convention that specific details about conversations between Ministers are not normally disclosed. The decision to give Kids Company the additional £3m in July was made by Oliver Letwin and Matthew Hancock.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office to Cabinet Office Ministers dated 26 June 2015, published 16 July 2015, what conditions were attached to the grant made to Kids Company in April 2015 to encourage that charity to move to a more financially sustainable model; which aspects of that charity's business model the Government considered should become more financial sustainable; and for how long the Government had concerns about this matter.
Answered by Rob Wilson
An independent review of financial and governance controls at Kids Company in early 2014 (published on gov.uk) stated that ‘the main financial risk to the organisation is cashflow’ and that ‘without improving the cash position of the charity, it is not possible to build reserves and invest in new activities and locations’. Subsequent funding agreements between Cabinet Office and Kids Company included clear conditions that this position be improved.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office to Cabinet Office Ministers dated 26 June 2015, published 16 July 2015, for what reasons his Department had limited confidence that Kids Company could implement changes set out in that charity's restructuring plans.
Answered by Rob Wilson
An independent review of financial and governance controls at Kids Company in early 2014 (published on gov.uk) stated that ‘the main financial risk to the organisation is cashflow’ and that ‘without improving the cash position of the charity, it is not possible to build reserves and invest in new activities and locations’. Subsequent funding agreements between Cabinet Office and Kids Company included clear conditions that this position be improved.