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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department had with the Attorney General's Office on the future of the National Fund.

The Attorney General wrote to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport setting out the actions he proposed to take regarding the future of the National Fund. The Attorney General has worked closely with the Treasury, the Fund’s trustee, and the Charity Commission to find a solution for the National Fund that is consistent with the donor’s original objectives of extinguishing the national debt.