Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to recover the money spent on the Get In project.

The Get In project experienced difficulties in its first quarter. The Cabinet Office worked with Society Network Foundation to assess whether these difficulties could be overcome. When it was concluded that they could not, the project was stopped and Cabinet Office paid only up to that point. This is standard practice when funding small charities to undertake innovative projects.

The Civil Society Compact states that funders should attempt to support organisations overcome difficulties and should give at least three months’ notice before ending a financial relationship with a charitable organisation.

The Social Investment Business is currently following their standard procedure to investigate and take appropriate action where funds received by Social Network Foundation for the Get In project may not have been used for the purposes for which the grant was given.

Regarding grant funds spent on the Get In project, Cabinet Office would not normally seek to recover funds spent in line with a grant agreement.