Oral Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport
“What steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector has access to adequate funding.”
Tabled: 8 January 2026Answered: 15 January 2026
Asked by
Harpreet Uppal
Labour — Huddersfield
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Lisa Nandy)
The last Government created a perfect storm for our charitable organisations, cutting their funding and attacking their right to speak, all while demand soared. This Government have reset that relationship through the civil society covenant, and we are currently working on ways to leverage more investment into local organisations.