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House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee The Big Society Seventeenth Report of Session 2010–12 Volume II Oral and written evidence Additional written evidence is contained in Volume III, available on the Committee website at www.parliament.uk/treascom Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 7 December 2011 HC 902-II [Incorporating HC 716] Published on 14 December 2011 by authority of the House of Commons London: The Stationery Office Limited £13.00 The Public Administration Select Committee The Public Administration Select Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the reports of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and the Health Service Commissioner for England, which are laid before this House, and matters in connection therewith, and to consider matters relating to the quality and standards of administration provided by civil service departments, and other matters relating to the civil service. Current membership Mr Bernard Jenkin MP (Conservative, Harwich and North Essex) (Chair) Alun Cairns MP (Conservative, Vale of Glamorgan) Michael Dugher MP (Labour, Barnsley East) Charlie Elphicke MP (Conservative, Dover) Paul Flynn MP (Labour, Newport West) Robert Halfon MP (Conservative, Harlow) David Heyes MP (Labour, Ashton under Lyne) Kelvin Hopkins MP (Labour, Luton North) Greg Mulholland MP (Liberal Democrat, Leeds North West) Priti Patel MP (Conservative, Witham) Lindsay Roy MP (Labour, Glenrothes) The following members were also members of the Committee during the inquiry: Nick de Bois MP (Conservative, Enfield North) Mr Charles Walker MP (Conservative, Broxbourne) Powers The powers of the Committee are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No 146. These are available on the Internet via www.parliament.uk Publication The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications of the Committee (including press notices) are on the internet at www.parliament.uk/pasc. The Reports of the Committee, the formal minutes relating to that report, oral evidence taken and some or all written evidence are available in a printed volume(s). Additional written evidence may be published on the internet only. Committee staff The current staff of the Committee are Martyn Atkins (Clerk), Alexandra Crampton (Committee Specialist), Paul Simpkin (Senior Committee Assistant) and Su Panchanathan (Committee Assistant). Contacts All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Public Administration Select Committee, Committee Office, First Floor, 7 Millbank, House of Commons, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 5730; the Committee’s email address is [email protected]. Witnesses (Funding the Voluntary Sector) Tuesday 18 January 2011 Page Sir Stuart Etherington, Chief Executive, National Council for Voluntary Organisations, and Thomas Hughes-Hallett, Chief Executive, Marie Curie Cancer Care Ev 1 Wednesday 16 February 2011 Nick Hurd MP, Minister for Civil Society, Cabinet Office, and Justine Greening MP, Economic Secretary, HM Treasury Ev 18 Tuesday 3 May 2011 Sir Sandy Crombie, Senior Independent Director, Royal Bank of Scotland, Robert Mirsky, Head of Hedge Funds UK, KPMG, Martin Brookes, Chief Executive, New Philanthropy Capital, and Chris Blackhurst, City Editor, London Evening Standard Ev 33 List of printed written evidence (Funding the Voluntary Sector) 1 Supplementary written evidence from Justine Greening MP Ev 50 2 Supplementary written evidence from National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) Ev 51 3 National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NACVA) Ev 53 4 Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) Ev 59 5 CASE and the Ross Group Ev 66 6 Lloyds Banking Group Ev 67 7 Barclays Ev 68 List of additional written evidence (published in Volume III on the Committee’s website www.parliament.uk/pasc) Page 1 Steven Leach (BS 01) Ev w1 2 Nigel Pimlott (BS 02) Ev w2 3 Heather Brown (BS 03) Ev w4 4 UNISON (BS 04) Ev w5 5 Mary Kenning (BS 05) Ev w9 6 Hitchin Bridge Club (BS 06) Ev w10 7 Eastfield Voice (BS 07) Ev w11 8 Pathway Project (BS 08) Ev w12 9 University of Gloucestershire (BS 09) Ev w13 10 Friends, Families and Travellers (BS 10) Ev w15 11 Philip Morgan (BS 11) Ev w17 12 Chill4us (BS 12) Ev w17 13 John Murphy (BS 13) Ev w18 14 Wandsworth Voluntary Sector Development Agency (BS 14) Ev w19 15 Professor George Jones and Professor John Stewart (BS 15) Ev w20 16 Kevin Kelleher (BS 16) Ev w23 17 Children England (BS 17) Ev w29 18 Surrey Heritage (BS 18) Ev w33 19 Paul Griffiths (BS 19) Ev w34 20 Ian Clark (BS 20) Ev w36 21 Greater London Volunteering (BS 21) Ev w37 22 Geoff Etherton (BS 22) Ev w41 23 Claire Whetstone, Enfield Children and Young Persons’s Services (BS 23) Ev w41 24 LASA (BS 24) Ev w42 25 Gateshead voluntary Organisations Council (BS 26) Ev w44 26 One North West and Just West Yorkshire (BS 27) Ev w46 27 Involve Foundation (BS28) Ev w49 28 Action with Communities in Rural Kent (BS 29) Ev w53 29 RSPCA (BS 30) Ev w56 30 Institute of Fundraising (BS 31) Ev w58 31 Devon Association of CVS (BS 33) Ev w60 32 Robert Ashton (BS 34) Ev w63 33 Voice4Change England (BS 35) Ev w65 34 Anonymous (B36) Ev w66 35 Waterloo Action Centre (BS37) Ev w67 36 Charities Evaluation Services (BS 38) Ev w70 37 General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches (BS 39) Ev w74 38 Equality and Diversity Forum (BS 40) Ev w76 39 NAAPS (BS 41) Ev w78 40 Volunteer Cornwall (BS 42) Ev w82 41 Foyer Federation (BS 43) Ev w85 42 Royal National Institute of Blind People (BS 44) Ev w87 43 Publitas Consulting LLP (BS 45) Ev w90 44 BTCV (BS 46) Ev w93 45 Educational Centres Association (BS 47) Ev w97 46 Headway (BS 48) Ev w100 47 Lancashire Association of Councils for Voluntary Service (BS 49) Ev w101 48 TimeBank (BS 50) Ev w104 49 Community Links (BS 51) Ev w107 50 MEND (BS 52) Ev w111 51 Locality (BS 53) Ev w112 52 Cancer Research UK (BS 55) Ev w115 53 North West Environment Link (BS 56) Ev w116 54 Exeter Council for Voluntary Service (BS 57) Ev w119 55 BMA (BS 58) Ev w122 56 Learning, Skills and Employment Network (LSEN) (BS 59) Ev w123 57 Basis Project (BS 60) Ev w124 58 NESTA (BS 61) Ev w127 59 Ipsos Mori (BS 62) Ev w130 60 Keep Britain Tidy (BS 63) Ev w134 61 Charity Finance Directors’ Group (BS 64) Ev w137 62 National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (BS 65) Ev w140 63 Our Society (BS 66) Ev w144 64 British Red Cross (BS 67) Ev w148 65 The Intercom Trust (BS 68) Ev w152 66 Altogether Better (BS69) Ev w155 67 Faith in Affordable Housing (BS70) Ev w156 68 Home‐Start UK (BS 71) Ev w158 69 Lifeline (BS 72) Ev w160 70 UnLtd (BS 73) Ev w165 71 Voluntary Centre Services North Kesteven (BS 74) Ev w168 72 Age UK (BS 75) Ev w172 73 Simon Skidmore (BS 76) Ev w175 74 LGF (BS 77) Ev w178 75 Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals (CILIP) (BS 78) Ev w182 76 Barbara Weldon (BS 79) Ev w186 77 South West Forum (BS 80) Ev w187 78 LGiU (BS 81) Ev w188 79 Open Source Consortium (BS 82) Ev w193 80 Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (BS 83) Ev w195 81 Network for the Post Bureaucratic Age (BS 86) Ev w198 82 Unite (BS 87) Ev w200 83 PCS (BS 88) Ev w204 84 Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (BS 89) Ev w208 85 Dragon Preparatory School (BS 90) Ev w211 86 Land and Society Commission (BS 91) Ev w212 87 Involve Yorkshire and Humber (BS 92) Ev w213 88 Foundation Trust Network (BS 93) Ev w214 89 Professor Nicholas Deakin and Professor Marilyn Taylor (BS 94) Ev w216 90 Voluntary Action Broxtowe (BS 95) Ev w219 91 Voluntary Action Leicester (BS 96) Ev w221 92 Nappy Alliance (BS 97) Ev w223 93 Volunteering England (BS 98) Ev w226 94 VSNW (BS 99) Ev w231 95 Andrew Pressland (BS 100) Ev w235 96 Changemakers (BS 101) Ev w237 97 ESRC Third Sector Research Centre (BS 102) Ev w240 98 Community Resilience UK (BS 103) Ev w245 99 NCVO (BS 104) Ev w248 100 LGA (BS 105) Ev w252 101 Sue Ryder (BS 106) Ev w256 102 FSI (BS 107) Ev w259 103 Nottinghamshire Infrastructure Consortium (BS 108) Ev w261 104 Places for People (BS 109) Ev w263 105 Eileen Conn (BS 110) Ev w266 106 Employee Ownership Association (BS 111) Ev w268 107 Linda Ware (BS 112) Ev w272 108 London Civic Forum (BS 113) Ev w273 109 Urban Forum (BS 115) Ev w276 110 Just Lincolnshire Equality & Human Rights Council (BS 117) Ev w280 111 Further written evidence submitted by UNISON (BS 118) Ev w281 112 Further written evidence submitted by Age UK (BS 119) Ev w282 113 ACEVO (BS 120) Ev w285 114 Further written evidence submitted by Locality (BS 121) Ev w286 115 Further written evidence submitted by ChangeMakers (BS 122) Ev w289 116 Further written evidence submitted by Unite (BS 123) Ev w291 117 Further written evidence submitted by NESTA (BS 124) Ev w293 118 Further written evidence submitted by London Civic Forum (BS 126) Ev w296 119 Letter from Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, Minister for Government Policy, Cabinet Office, Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP, Minister for Employment and Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Minister for Housing (BS 128) Ev w299 Public Administration Committee: Evidence Ev 1 Oral evidence Taken before the Public Administration Select Committee on Tuesday 18 January 2011 Members present: Mr Bernard Jenkin (Chair) Charlie Elphicke David Heyes Paul Flynn Lindsay Roy Robert Halfon Mr Charles Walker ________________ Examination of Witnesses Witnesses: Thomas Hughes-Hallett, Chief Executive, Marie Curie Cancer Care, and Sir Stuart Etherington, Chief Executive, National Council for Voluntary Organisations, gave evidence.