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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate she has made of the amount raised by the Fundraising Regulator's levy on charity fundraising in the latest period for which figures are available.

The Fundraising Regulator has said that it is on track to raise at least £1.8m from its voluntary levy for the year September 2016 to August 2017. Almost all of the largest fundraising charities have paid the levy. Some smaller fundraising charities have yet to respond and a few have refused to pay. The Fundraising Regulator is continuing to chase these charities. It will be for the Fundraising Regulator to decide whether to publish the names of those charities that have refused to pay or that have not responded to payment requests.