§ Mrs. BallardTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what research her Department has conducted into company giving or corporate community involvement, with particular reference to gender balance. [15203]
§ Mr. MichaelI have been asked to reply.
The Research and Statistics Division of the Home Office is conducting a series of Local Voluntary Activity Surveys (LOVAS) in order to measure levels of voluntary activity across England. These surveys will include some information about corporate community involvement.
In addition, three of the organisations to which the Home Office, through its Voluntary and Community Unit, gives core funding—Business in the Community, the National Council for Voluntary Organisations and the Directory of Social Change—are currently carrying out research into various aspects of company giving and corporate community involvement.