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1138088

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Absent Voting: Fraud
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 tackle postal vote fraud.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	275735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>Electoral fraud is unacceptable on any level. There are already measures in place designed to enhance the security of postal voting.</p><p>In response to (the then) Sir Eric Pickles report on electoral fraud, the Government accepted recommendations to strengthen the postal vote system and, in line with our manifesto commitment, we are working to reform postal voting to ensure our elections are secure.</p><p>The Government will look for opportunities to introduce measures that will restrict the handling of postal votes by people who may seek to abuse or subvert them. We will also look to introduce controls on the return of postal votes via polling stations, which has been a cause for concern in past elections.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 16/07/2019 14:08:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1138089

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Corruption
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 tackle bribery during elections.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	275736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>Under section 113 of the Representation of the People Act (RPA) 1983 it is an offence for a person to give money or a gift to any other person in order to induce them to vote or to refrain from voting at an election. There is a similar offence at section 114 of the RPA 1983 in relation to the treating of voters.</p><p>Furthermore, the Bribery Act 2010 (the Act) replaced an old and outmoded mix of common and statutory law and was designed to provide the courts, prosecutors and investigators the tools they needed to tackle bribery in the UK and overseas in the 21st century. The Act reflects the UK's continued commitment to combat bribery and provides a modern, comprehensive scheme of bribery offences.</p><p>If anyone has evidence of abuse of the electoral system, this should be reported to the Returning Officer or the Police who have powers to investigate.</p><p>We will continue to keep electoral law under review to ensure the electoral system is safe and secure.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 16/07/2019 14:08:27 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

882233

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is assessing measures to increase the efficiency of public sector procurement; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	135223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>Carillion’s insolvency has made it clear that government should think about whether there is a need to make changes which will safeguard against an event of this scale happening again. To that end, we are currently undertaking an internal lessons learned exercise and will be considering a range of inputs before deciding what changes, if any, need to be made to public outsourcing policies and procedures.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/06/2018 11:55:50 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

797676

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to undertake a comprehensive investigation of intimidation of candidates and canvassers during the 2017 General Election.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	116639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p><strong>At the request of the Prime Minister, the Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL) is currently carrying out a review of the intimidation of Parliamentary candidates, including those who stood at the 2017 General Election. The Committee will be publishing its report ‘Intimidation in Public Life: A Review by the Committee on Standards in Public Life’ on Wednesday 13 December. The Government will consider the report and its recommendations carefully.</strong></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/12/2017 10:30:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

789964

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) effect, (b) uptake and (c) observance of Government non-statutory guidance in the IT, technology and digital sector by industry, civil society and others.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	113183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government Digital Service has lead responsibility for digital and technology guidance and standards in central Government, through the Digital by Default Service Standard, Government Service Design Manual and Technology Code of Practice. All Government departments are required to follow the standards and guidance when developing new IT and digital solutions. All standards and guidance are fully open and other organisations are welcome to follow the good practice set out in these documents.</p><p>Although my department makes no formal assessment of the uptake of these standards and guidance beyond central government, we assure that central government meets these standards through spending controls and service assessments and via the monitoring of service performance on GOV.UK to assure that high quality services are delivered to users.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 28/11/2017 15:54:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

773881

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	Surrogacy
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 the reform of surrogacy law being undertaken by the Law Commission in its 13th Programme of Law Reform.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	108828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises the value of surrogacy as one of a number of options in helping people who can’t have children create a family.</p><p> </p><p>Drafting work on the remedial order is ongoing. We currently estimate it will be laid in the autumn session of Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health supports the proposal by the Law Commission of England and Wales to include a project about surrogacy in its work programme for 2017-20</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/12/2017 14:29:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

444917

registered interest
date	14/01/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Defibrillators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many defibrillators are provided in each building his Department manages.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	22551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>One defibrillator has been provided in each of three buildings managed by the Cabinet Office. The buildings are: 10 Downing Street; Rosebery Court, Norwich; and Emergency Planning College, York.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 22566 question first answered 20/01/2016 13:47:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

445051

registered interest
date	14/01/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Defibrillators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many defibrillators are provided in 10 Downing Street.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	22566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>One defibrillator has been provided in each of three buildings managed by the Cabinet Office. The buildings are: 10 Downing Street; Rosebery Court, Norwich; and Emergency Planning College, York.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 22551 question first answered 20/01/2016 13:47:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

428634

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress the Government has made on increasing the level of employment in (a) North Lincolnshire, (b) East Yorkshire and (c) England since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	16628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 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 20/11/2015 10:46:06 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name 16628 .pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Level of Employment
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

147427

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Childbirth: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of births, where one or both parents were born outside the UK, there were in (i) Brigg and Goole constituency and (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	214172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 17/11/2014 16:39:12 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 214172 ONS 398.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Births
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy