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1136884

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes were introduced in postal and proxy voting procedures for the 2019 European Parliamentary Elections compared to previous (a) European or (b) General Elections.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	273338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>No changes were put in place for proxy voting for the 2019 European Parliamentary elections.</p><p>For postal voting, it was identified that using the International Business Response Licence process could assist the return of postal votes from overseas. This was used at the 2019 European Parliamentary elections, as it had been in national polls since 2016, but not at the previous European Parliamentary elections in 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 09/07/2019 09:14:11 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1136956

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Cycle to Work Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Departments have introduced the cycle to work scheme.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	273400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>Seventeen of the eighteen main Whitehall departments have a Cycle to Work Scheme in place. As this policy falls under delegated authority, it is for individual departments to decide whether to offer this scheme to their employees.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 273401 question first answered 09/07/2019 13:19:08 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1136523

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Public Appointments
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 21 May 2019 to Question 255390, whether strategic oversight for the collection and use of data held by Government departments provided by the cross-government Data Advisory Board, chaired by the Chief Executive of the Civil Service, is a permanent​ arrangement.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	272942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>Yes. The cross-government Data Advisory Board, chaired by the Chief Executive of the Civil Service, is a permanent board that provides strategic oversight for the collection and use of data held by Government departments.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/07/2019 15:11:29 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1136585

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has plans to implement the Law Commission’s recommendation to consolidate the UK’s electoral laws into a single, consistent legislative framework governing all elections.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	272740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is continuing to work with the Law Commission, as well as other stakeholders such as the Electoral Commission, to consider ways to streamline and clarify our electoral system in order to make elections easier to administer and therefore more resilient to errors or fraud.<strong> </strong></p><p>We will consider their proposals in full once we receive the Law Commission’s final report.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/07/2019 13:14:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1136670

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on the assessment of the reasons that EU citizens living in the UK were unable to register and vote in the 2019 European Parliament elections.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	272799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>In line with their statutory duty, the Electoral Commission will be publishing a report into the administration of the polls later this year. The Government will consider this in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/07/2019 13:13:20 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1136671

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with the Electoral Commission on EU citizens being unable to vote in the 2019 European Parliament elections.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	272800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials meet frequently with external officials to discuss a wide range of electoral issues.</p><p>Details of external meetings by Ministers and Permanent Secretaries are published quarterly and are available on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/07/2019 13:13:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1136672

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the level of voter turnout of EU citizens living in the UK at the 2019 European Parliament elections.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	272801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>Data on voting rates per nationality in the 2019 European elections is not collected centrally.</p><p>In line with their statutory duty, the Electoral Commission will be publishing a report into the administration of the polls later this year. The Government will consider this in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/07/2019 13:14:34 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1136713

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Overtime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the amount of unpaid overtime worked by staff in his Department in the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	272747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>Information about unpaid overtime is not held. Cabinet Office encourages staff and their Line Managers to adopt positive work/life balance arrangements which includes flexible working hours and working from home whilst ensuring business needs are met. But this is managed at a local level within Business Groups where it is the responsibility of line managers to ensure their staff are not working excessive hours and comply with the requirements of the Working Time Regulations 1998.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 09/07/2019 13:18:08 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1136387

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Huawei: 5G
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 2 July 2019 to Question 270401, whether the number of operators who use Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre advice is collated and monitored centrally.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	272302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) engages with every operator who uses the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) to manage cyber security risks within<br>their networks. The number of operators that use HCSEC is recorded centrally but for commercial reasons we will not release the number or the names of operators. All of the<br>significant commercial networks in the UK who use Huawei have access to and work with the HCSEC. It is the responsibility of operators to ensure the security and resilience of<br>their networks. Other operators may use the guidance that is publicly available on the NCSC website, which we cannot track, or advice from other relevant bodies such as Ofcom, the regulator.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 08/07/2019 08:39:19 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1135841

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Plastics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that procurement processes reduce the use of single-use plastics.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	271372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has stated that the commitment in the 25 Year Environment Plan to remove all Consumer Single-Use Plastics (CSUP) from the central government estate offices will be delivered by 2020, with the option for any department to do so earlier if desired.</p><p>In advance of this ban on CSUP, Cabinet Office and Crown Commercial Service (CCS) have developed an elimination scheme to be implemented through the facilities management (FM) suppliers on the CCS FM framework. It has established steps that can be taken to remove CSUP from new and existing contracts with departments at neutral cost, in support of this commitment.</p><p>The elimination scheme took effect from 1 August 2018, enabling departments and supply chains (including those related to waste management) to phase in alternatives to CSUP in time for the ban coming into force. Government’s FM suppliers report that these steps are helping lead many of their private sector clients to adopt similar plastics elimination measures.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 04/07/2019 15:45:11 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham