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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

732485

	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	Low Pay: Barnsley Central
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people working in Barnsley Central constituency earn less than £10 per hour.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	1216
	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 14:58:11 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ 1216 v.02.pdf title UKSA Response to PQ1216
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

732486

	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: Barnsley Central
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in Barnsley Central constituency are employed on zero-hour contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	1217
	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 14:59:18 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ1217 v.02.pdf title UKSA Response to PQ1217
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

732525

	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	Constituencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of the revision of constituency boundaries review undertaken in the 2015-2017 Parliament for (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	1222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>During the 2015-17 Parliament, each Boundary Commission spent approximately the following on the conduct of the current Boundary Review which is due to report in 2018:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>(a) Scotland - £380,000</p><p>(b) England - £2,711,000</p><p>(c) Northern Ireland - £374,000</p><p>(d) Wales - £441,000</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Sixth Periodic Review of constituency boundaries was due to report in 2013, though it was moved to 2018 following an amendment to the Electoral Registration and Administration (ERA) Act 2013. At the time that the ERA Bill received Royal Assent in January 2013, each of the four Boundary Commissions had spent approximately the following amounts:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>(a) Scotland – £680,000</p><p>(b) England – £4,867,000</p><p>(c) Northern Ireland – £698,000</p><p>(d) Wales – £819,000</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 1242 question first answered 29/06/2017 15:02:35 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

732526

	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	Constituencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of the Sixth Periodic Review of constituency boundaries undertaken in the 2010-2015 Parliament for (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	1242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>During the 2015-17 Parliament, each Boundary Commission spent approximately the following on the conduct of the current Boundary Review which is due to report in 2018:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>(a) Scotland - £380,000</p><p>(b) England - £2,711,000</p><p>(c) Northern Ireland - £374,000</p><p>(d) Wales - £441,000</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Sixth Periodic Review of constituency boundaries was due to report in 2013, though it was moved to 2018 following an amendment to the Electoral Registration and Administration (ERA) Act 2013. At the time that the ERA Bill received Royal Assent in January 2013, each of the four Boundary Commissions had spent approximately the following amounts:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>(a) Scotland – £680,000</p><p>(b) England – £4,867,000</p><p>(c) Northern Ireland – £698,000</p><p>(d) Wales – £819,000</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 1222 question first answered 29/06/2017 15:02:35 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

731759

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Polling Stations: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the value of using overseas diplomatic facilities as polling stations, to help electors living abroad to vote.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to establish polling stations in other countries in the foreseeable future. However, the Government previously took action to make postal voting a more feasible option for overseas voters by lengthening the electoral timetable and removing the restriction on issuing postal votes ahead of the postal vote application deadline. Overseas voters can also appoint a proxy voter in the United Kingdom on their behalf. Introducing the use of embassies or consulates as polling stations would raise logistical and security issues in delivering, returning and counting ballot papers from embassies.</p><p><strong><br></strong>Rapid international postal services are not used to send postal ballot packs to overseas electors in order to keep the cost to the public purse reasonable when administering national elections. We will assess the balance between cost-effectiveness, and the importance of ensuring that overseas voters are able to engage in the democratic process, further in advance of future elections.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 685 question first answered 29/06/2017 15:56:42 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

731714

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Constituencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on the 2018 constituency boundary review.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government's manifesto re-affirms the commitment to deliver equal and updated boundaries and reduce the size of the House of Commons.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Following laws already passed by Parliament, the independent and impartial Boundary Commissions are consulting on their proposals to deliver the boundary changes, and they will submit their final proposals to Parliament in autumn 2018. These reforms will ensure fair and equal representation for the voting public across the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>Equalising the size of constituencies in the Boundary Review will ensure everyone’s vote will carry equal weight. Without such boundary reforms, MPs could end up representing constituencies based on data that is over 20 years’ old, disregarding significant changes in demographics, house building and migration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 29/06/2017 15:53:42 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

731782

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Absent Voting: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will provide funding to local authorities to use rapid international postal services to send postal ballot packs to overseas electors, in particular where an election occurs unexpectedly.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to establish polling stations in other countries in the foreseeable future. However, the Government previously took action to make postal voting a more feasible option for overseas voters by lengthening the electoral timetable and removing the restriction on issuing postal votes ahead of the postal vote application deadline. Overseas voters can also appoint a proxy voter in the United Kingdom on their behalf. Introducing the use of embassies or consulates as polling stations would raise logistical and security issues in delivering, returning and counting ballot papers from embassies.</p><p><strong><br></strong>Rapid international postal services are not used to send postal ballot packs to overseas electors in order to keep the cost to the public purse reasonable when administering national elections. We will assess the balance between cost-effectiveness, and the importance of ensuring that overseas voters are able to engage in the democratic process, further in advance of future elections.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 579 question first answered 29/06/2017 15:56:42 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown