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1122393

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	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 steps the Government is taking to ensure that local authorities are sending out postal ballots for the elections to the European Parliament to eligible UK voters in EU countries in sufficient time for (a) voters to return the postal ballots and (b) for those ballots to be counted.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	246581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>It remains the Government’s intention to leave the EU with a deal and not participate in European Parliamentary elections.</p><p>In preparation for the delivery of elections, Returning Officers, who are statutorily independent, will work to deliver the polls, including through following guidance issued by the Electoral Commission.</p><p>The Electoral Commission’s guidance advises Returning Officers to prioritise postal ballot packs that are to be sent overseas in order to allow as much time as possible for the ballot pack to reach the elector and to be completed and returned. The Government has agreed to fund International Business Response Licences for the return of postal votes from overseas and has met with Royal Mail and British Forces Post Office to ensure there is effective planning in place for the dispatch and return of postal votes from overseas including those for service voters based overseas.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/04/2019 09:55:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1122621

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) Bill
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the Government objected to the Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) Bill on 22 March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	246970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of gender inequalities very seriously. I have carefully noted the points made about the current system of hereditary peerage in the context of the Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) Bill. However, this issue is complex and is linked with several equally complex issues, including the system of courtesy titles.</p><p>Under the current arrangements, the Equality Act 2010 provides that neither a life peerage nor a hereditary peerage (as an honour conferred by the Crown), is a public or personal office for the purposes of the Act. This exemption means the rules surrounding the by-elections of hereditary peers is ultimately a matter for the House of Lords in regulating its own affairs.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/04/2019 13:58:50 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1123174

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	247556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>Work on no-deal exit preparations cannot be readily separated from other EU exit and devolution work. EU exit work is funded from the Office’s £5.1 million budget for 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/05/2019 10:14:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1123109

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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 steps the Government is taking to increase voter (a) registration and (b) turnout at European Union Elections in 2019 in the event that the UK has not left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	247634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission has a statutory responsibility to promote awareness of elections, including public awareness campaigns on voter registration. Electoral Registration Officers have a statutory duty to ensure that people who are eligible to vote in relevant elections have the opportunity to do so. For both this includes the European Parliamentary elections.</p><p><br>The Cabinet Office report, Respecting, Protecting and Promoting our Democracy, sets out the recent steps that Government has taken to modernise voter registration. For example, the introduction of online applications; changes to the anonymous registration process; and co- production of Mencap Easy-Read guides have made the system more accessible and built on record levels of voter registration. On voter turnout, this remains a matter for political parties.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/05/2019 14:57:52 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1123232

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Service Industries: Exports
	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 number of non-UK nationals employed in the services export sector in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	247690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 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 Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ247690 Holding Response.pdf title UKSA Holding Response 2 file name PQ247690.pdf title UKSA Response question first answered 30/04/2019 14:02:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1123024

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Aortic Aneurysm: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many men have died as a result of an Abdominal aortic aneurysm in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	247700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 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 Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/05/2019 09:48:44 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ247700.pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123720

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2019 to Question 246989 on European Parliament: Elections and the Answer of 18 May 2018 to Question 143730 on European Parliament: Elections, for what reason his Department was able to publish an estimate of the savings accrued to the public purse of not holding the election, but not able to publish an estimate of holding the elections.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	248635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The estimated savings were based on the established cost of delivering the previous European Parliamentary elections in 2014, which cost the public purse £108.7 million.</p><p> </p><p>The potential cost of a 2019 European Parliamentary election, should it take place, would not be known until after the poll, once all expenses claims have been received and settled and invoices paid.</p><p> </p><p>For example, the postage costs of the freepost mailing will depend on the number of nominated parties/candidates, who in turn then choose to take up the offer of the mailing.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office has now published the relevant Charges Order which provides the basis for reimbursing Returning Officers for their services and any expenses necessarily incurred in relation to the European Parliamentary elections.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/05/2019 09:47:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1123524

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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, how much the last Boundary Commission reviews for (a) England, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales cost the public purse.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	248714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The expenditure by each Boundary Commission on the conduct of the Boundary Review which reported in September 2018 includes costs incurred in the 2018-19 financial year, and the figures are therefore subject to final confirmation of the 2018-19 accounts. The National Audit Office is currently auditing Departmental accounts for 2018-19 and once it has produced its report on them, it will be possible to confirm the final costs incurred by the four Boundary Commissions in the boundary review.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/05/2019 15:52:16 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1123525

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of conducting the next boundary review using census population statistics and citizenship information sourced from passport data.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	248715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>Boundary reviews have always been based on the number of registered electors. The<br>Government remains of the view that continuing to use the definitive registered electorate<br>is the most effective way of keeping constituencies up to date.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 03/05/2019 10:05:46 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1123551

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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 representations he has received from (a) electoral registration officers, (b) the Local Government Association and (c) local authority leaders on concerns about the EC6/UC1 process for the forthcoming European Parliament elections.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	248739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>Regional Returning Officers, the Electoral Commission and other organisations such as the Association of Electoral Administrators and SOLACE are working together to plan for potential polls on 23 May and dealing with any issues that arise. We are we are working with them to support the effective delivery of the polls.</p><p>The European Parliamentary Elections (Franchise of Relevant Citizens of the Union) Regulations 2001 would have to be amended to alter the deadline for applications and declarations from relevant EU citizens. These Regulations are made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, and so amending this would require further Regulations under section 2(2) of that Act.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is an independent organisation, any complaints or representations they receive are a matter for them.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/05/2019 14:51:59 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West