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969488

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2018 to Question 169500 on Electoral Register, whether the Government plans to collate the information from local Electoral Registration Officers at the local authority level to evaluate the potential effect of the legislative changes on the level of anonymous voter registration.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	171697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave her on Thursday 6 September 2019.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 12/09/2018 15:37:58 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

968313

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the access to elections working group is appropriately resourced to implement the actions set out in the Government's response to Call for evidence: access to elections, published in August 2018.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	170894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The Access to Elections Working Group is appropriately resourced.</p><p> </p><p>We received over 250 responses from the Call for evidence and have published a report of key findings and actions to be taken forward for polls reserved to the UK Government to ensure that our elections are as accessible as possible, and to remove any barriers that exist to democratic participation.</p><p> </p><p>Implementation of the action is split between disabled people's’ organisations (in widening awareness), Government (in any potential legislative change), the Electoral Commission (in revision and development of guidance) and Returning Officers (in training of staff and running of polls).</p><p> </p><p>The Group’s membership includes leading charities and key electoral stakeholders who will work together to better support disabled people’s participation in our democratic process.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 14/09/2018 11:11:35 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

968352

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	General Election 2017: Returning Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of returning officers spent in excess of their maximum recoverable amount at the 2017 general election.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	170903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is responsible for the settlement of election expenses claims in respect of constituencies in England and Wales. Data for constituencies in Northern Ireland and Scotland is not available to the Cabinet Office at present.</p><p> </p><p>The number of claims that exceeded the maximum recoverable amount in England and Wales at the 2017 UK parliamentary general election was 236. This is 41% of the claims for consideration by the Cabinet Office. The Elections Claims Unit at the Cabinet Office is scrutinising these claims to ensure that the expenses claimed were reasonable and necessary for the efficient and effective delivery of the poll as is required by law. This could result in some claims being settled at an amount that is less than originally claimed and below the maximum recoverable amount for that constituency and therefore the overall number of claims that are over spent could change.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 10/09/2018 15:44:10 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

968360

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Returning Officers: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to improve the administration of (a) fees and (b) charges of Returning Officers for parliamentary elections.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	170910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Building on a previous Cabinet Office funding review undertaken in 2013/14, which led to a number of significant changes including a new model that provides more accurate allocations for Returning Officers (ROs) and the subsequent establishment of an in-house Elections Claims Unit to assess claims, we are currently undertaking further work to review the funding arrangements for national polls.</p><p> </p><p>This work has two main objectives: to promote best value for use of taxpayers’ money; and to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the processes that manage expenditure and provide more transparent reporting on the costs of nationwide polls.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 10/09/2018 15:40:54 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

964404

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2018 to Question 145350, what the cost of delivering the voter ID pilots and the postal voting pilots at the local government elections in May 2018 was in each local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	169484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making sure that our electoral system is fit for the future. Vulnerabilities cannot be allowed to undermine the integrity of our democracy.</p><p> </p><p>The accounting process is being completed for the cost of each local authority pilot.</p><p>As set out ahead of the pilots, funding for the net additional costs of piloting is provided by the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 11/09/2018 11:55:08 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

964608

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Campaigns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report, Digital campaigning, Increasing transparency for voters, published by the Electoral Commission in June 2018, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ensure that digital material must have an imprint indicating which organisation or individual (a) was behind the campaign and (b) created it.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	169486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>In March 2018, the Government committed to consult on whether the requirement for an imprint should be extended to electronic communications, in its response to the Committee on Standards in Public Life’s, ‘<em>Review of Intimidation in Public Life</em>’, which was published in December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>On 29 July 2018, the Cabinet Office launched an open consultation entitled ‘<em>Protecting the Debate: Intimidating, Influence and Information</em>’, which seeks views on proposed changes to electoral law, including the inclusion of imprints on digital campaign materials.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation will close at midnight on 22 October 2018 and is available at GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>Following the conclusion of the consultation the Government will consider the submitted responses and decide on an appropriate course of action.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 11/09/2018 17:02:28 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

964609

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Campaigns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report, Digital campaigning, Increasing transparency for voters, published by the Electoral Commission in June 2018, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling the Electoral Commission to obtain information outside of an investigation.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	169487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is grateful to the Electoral Commission for its comprehensive report into Digital Campaigning. We are carefully reviewing it and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 169488 169489 169490 169491 169492 169493 169494 169495 169496 169497 169498 question first answered 11/09/2018 11:53:32 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

964610

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Campaigns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report, Digital campaigning, Increasing transparency for voters, published by the Electoral Commission in June 2018, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling the Electoral Commission to share information with other agencies when it is in the public interest to do so.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	169488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is grateful to the Electoral Commission for its comprehensive report into Digital Campaigning. We are carefully reviewing it and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 169487 169489 169490 169491 169492 169493 169494 169495 169496 169497 169498 question first answered 11/09/2018 11:53:32 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

964612

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Campaigns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report, Digital campaigning, Increasing transparency for voters, published by the Electoral Commission in June 2018, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the maximum level of fine available to the Electoral Commission for campaigners that break electoral rules.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	169489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is grateful to the Electoral Commission for its comprehensive report into Digital Campaigning. We are carefully reviewing it and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 169487 169488 169490 169491 169492 169493 169494 169495 169496 169497 169498 question first answered 11/09/2018 11:53:33 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

964613

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Campaigns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report, Digital campaigning, Increasing transparency for voters, published by the Electoral Commission in June 2018, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling the Electoral Commission to (a) investigate and (b) sanction candidates in elections.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	169490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is grateful to the Electoral Commission for its comprehensive report into Digital Campaigning. We are carefully reviewing it and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 169487 169488 169489 169491 169492 169493 169494 169495 169496 169497 169498 question first answered 11/09/2018 11:53:33 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith