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registered interest
date	02/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	British Irish Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government Ministers have attended which plenaries of the British Irish Council since 2010.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	159663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government Ministers in attendance at each of the British-Irish Council Summits that have taken place since 2010 are listed below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date / location of Summit</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK Government Ministers in attendance</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25 June 2010, Guernsey</p></td><td><p>Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt. Hon. Owen Paterson MP Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, Mr. Charles Hendry MP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13 December 2010, Isle of Man</p></td><td><p>Deputy Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Nick Clegg MP Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt. Hon. Owen Paterson MP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 June 2011, London</p></td><td><p>Deputy Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Nick Clegg MP Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt. Hon. Owen Paterson MP Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, Mr. Charles Hendry MP Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Mr. David Gauke MP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13 January 2012, Dublin</p></td><td><p>Deputy Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Nick Clegg MP Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt. Hon. Owen Paterson MP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 June 2012, Stirling Castle, Scotland</p></td><td><p>Secretary of State for Scotland, Rt. Hon Michael Moore MP Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Rt. Hon. Edward Davey MP Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt. Hon. Owen Paterson MP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26 November 2012, Cardiff</p></td><td><p>Secretary of State for Wales, Rt. Hon David Jones MP Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt. Hon. Theresa Villiers MP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21 June 2013, Derry~ Londonderry</p></td><td><p>Deputy Prime Minister, Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change, Baroness Sandip Verma</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15 November 2013, Jersey</p></td><td><p>Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP Minister of Justice, Rt Hon Lord McNally</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13 June 2014, Guernsey</p></td><td><p>Deputy Prime Minister, Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, Mr Robert Goodwill MP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28 November 2014, Isle of Man</p></td><td><p>Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, Rt Hon Francis Maude MP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 June 2015, Dublin</p></td><td><p>Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP Minister of State for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims, Rt Hon Mike Penning MP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27 November 2015, London</p></td><td><p>Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Lord Gardiner of Kimble</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 June 2016, Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Secretary of State for Scotland, Rt Hon David Mundell MP Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP Minister of State for Community and Social Care, Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 July 2016, Cardiff</p></td><td><p>Secretary of State for Wales, Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP Minister of State for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Rt Hon David Jones MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland and Northern Ireland, Lord Dunlop</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25 November 2016, Cardiff</p></td><td><p>Secretary of State for Wales, Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union, Mr Robin Walker MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women, Equalities and Early Years Ms Caroline Dinenage MP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 November 2017, Jersey</p></td><td><p>Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union Robin Walker MP Parliamentary Secretary and Minister for Government Resilience and Efficiency Caroline Nokes MP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 June 2018, Guernsey</p></td><td><p>Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, Rt Hon David Lidington MP Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Exiting the EU, Robin Walker MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity, Lord Gardiner of Kimble</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 05/07/2018 10:43:22 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

906297

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the news release entitled Thousands of voters turned away from polling stations in mandatory ID trials, published by the Electoral Reform Society on 4 May 2018, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the estimate by the Electoral Reform Society that 3,981 people were turned away from polling stations across the five pilot areas; and if he will make an estimate of what that figure would be in the event that the scheme was rolled out nationally.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	145358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>Requiring some form of identification to vote was successfully tested at the local elections on 3 May by five local authorities: Bromley, Gosport, Swindon, Watford and Woking. The overwhelming majority of people cast their vote without a problem and the success of the pilots proves that this is a reasonable and proportionate measure to take, and there was no notable adverse effect on turnout.</p><p>The estimate by the political lobby group the Electoral Reform Society is exaggerated and inaccurate. Data from Returning Officers across all five participating local authorities shows that there were 340 electors asked to return to the polling station with the correct identification who did not subsequently return. This represents 0.16% of the votes cast.</p><p>This reflects that such identification was a brand new requirement, and a few electors may not have read the publicity that they were sent about the pilots.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">However, the experience of Northern Ireland, where paper ID has been required since 1985 and photo ID since 2003, illustrates that there should be no issue with voters not knowing - once the requirement has become established.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Electoral Commission is responsible for carrying out an independent, statutory evaluation of the pilot schemes and will publish its findings in the summer of 2018; this will be an opportunity to review how the publicity arrangements operated and could be improved. This is one of the benefits of piloting the policy.</ins></p><p> </p><p>Requiring some form of identification to vote was successfully tested at the local elections on 3 May by five local authorities: Bromley, Gosport, Swindon, Watford and Woking. The overwhelming majority of people cast their vote without a problem and the success of the pilots proves that this is a reasonable and proportionate measure to take, and there was no notable adverse effect on turnout.</p><p>The estimate by the political lobby group the Electoral Reform Society is exaggerated and inaccurate. Data from Returning Officers across all five participating local authorities shows that there were 340 electors asked to return to the polling station with the correct identification who did not subsequently return. This represents 0.14% of the votes cast.</p><p>This reflects that such identification was a brand new requirement, and a few electors may not have read the publicity that they were sent about the pilots.</p><p> </p><p>However, the experience of Northern Ireland, where paper ID has been required since 1985 and photo ID since 2003, illustrates that there should be no issue with voters not knowing - once the requirement has become established.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is responsible for carrying out an independent, statutory evaluation of the pilot schemes and will publish its findings in the summer of 2018; this will be an opportunity to review how the publicity arrangements operated and could be improved. This is one of the benefits of piloting the policy.</p><p> </p><p>There was an error in the data previously presented. Whilst the individual totals of votes cast in each local authority were correct, the overall total was incorrectly summed. The previously quoted total of votes cast of 206,741 should have been 234,506. As a result, the percentage of people who did not return as a proportion of number of votes cast was overstated, incorrectly given as 0.16%. The correct figure is 0.14%. The attached table contains the correct data.</p><p> </p><p>As part of its planned evaluation, the Electoral Commission will continue to collect and analyse a wide range of data and information about the pilots, including public opinion surveys, data from polling stations, turnout and postal voting data, and polling station staff surveys. We will continue to work with the Electoral Commission and other partners to ensure that the emerging data gives an accurate picture of how ID pilots were delivered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith previous answer version 59632 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith 60423 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith question first answered 25/05/2018 15:13:05 question first ministerially corrected 01/06/2018 09:26:25 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name Pre evaluation voter ID polling station data (1) (1).xlsx title Pre evaluation vote
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

773874

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Low Pay: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of people in work in (a) St Helens North, (b) St Helens and (c) the North West earn less than the full-time equivalent of the national living wage.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	108803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 108805 question first answered 30/10/2017 15:42:26 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ 108803_108805_final (1) (1).pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

773875

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Average Earnings: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average weekly earnings in (a) St Helens North, (b) St Helens and (c) the North West were in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	108805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 108803 question first answered 30/10/2017 15:42:26 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ 108803_108805_final (1) (1).pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

732697

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Zero-hours Contracts: St Helens North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in St Helens North constituency are employed on zero-hours contracts; and how many of those people are (a) aged between 16 and 24 and (b) women.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	1019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 29/06/2017 15:00:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ1019 v.02 (1).pdf title UKSA Response to PQ1019
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

710582

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Teenage Pregnancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many teenage pregnancies there have been in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	67671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 16/03/2017 15:55:32 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ67671 v.02 (1).pdf title UKSA Response to PQ
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

686938

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Average Earnings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average annual pay for (a) men and (b) women in (i) St Helens North constituency, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) the UK was in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	63592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/02/2017 10:41:13 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ63592.pdf title UKSA Letter for Member - Average Annual Pay
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

683290

registered interest
date	02/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Anthems: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on ministerial attendance at events at which the Irish national anthem is played in (a) the UK, (b) Ireland and (c) the rest of the world.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	62843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>There is no Government policy on this, it is at the discretion of individual Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 07/02/2017 10:16:11 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

518158

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Homicide: Merseyside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many homicides were recorded by police in (a) Merseyside and (b) St Helens in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013, (v) 2014 and (vi) 2015.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	36816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 12/05/2016 06:37:49 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name UKSA Response to 36816 .pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Homicides
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

456938

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Asthma: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many children in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) England and Wales died from asthma in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	29449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 07/03/2016 08:54:25 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name Combined 29449, 29450 FINAL.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Death from Athma/Pregnancy
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn