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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 15 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what progress her Department has made on working with (a) the Charity Commission and (b) UK Community Foundations to release at least £20 million from inactive charitable trusts to help community organisations.

By the end of March 2019, the Revitalising Trusts Programme, delivered in conjunction with the Charity Commission and UKCF, had released over £11 million worth of funds from dormant charitable trusts, reinvesting this in local communities. This funding will support local good causes across the country.

The programme is on track and we expect to reach our target of at least £20 million by the end of March 2020.