Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Report by Geoff Mulgan published on 21 August 2014 on NESTA support for the Big Society Network, when he was first made aware of NESTA's concerns about the capacity of the Big Society Network team, the gap between ambition and capability and the Big Society Network's relative newness as an organisation.

I was appointed as the Minister for Civil Society on 27 September 2014, after the publication of the NESTA document.

No meeting to discuss the funding of Big Society Network took place between Cabinet Office, the Big Society Network and NESTA.

Details of meetings between the Prime Minister and external organisations are available on the gov.uk website.