Watch Camila Batmanghelidjh, the founder of Kids Company, and Alan Yentob, the chair, give evidence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee.
The PACAC scrutinises the regulation of the charity sector, and its inquiry is one of a number of investigations into the the charity.
The scope of this inquiry is to establish the extent of the successive governments’ relationship with the charity and whether the level of government funding was appropriate. It will look at process by which Kids Company was awarded funding to see if “the charity benefitted from unfair advantages”.
It will also look the oversight role of the Charity Commission and the financial management of the charity.
