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760801

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Absent Voting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will assess the merits of introducing a process to cancel a postal ballot paper issued to an elector who is subsequently deleted from the electoral register during an election period.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	105247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Electoral law is clear that a person must be included in the register of electors for a<br>poll in order to be entitled to vote at that poll. The Government recognises that it is<br>possible for postal ballot papers to be issued to a postal voter who may subsequently<br>be removed from the register to be used at the poll. We will look to review the current<br>provisions on the cancellation of postal ballot papers to see whether improvements<br>can be made to the law in this area.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/10/2017 11:00:01 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

760626

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Candidates: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward proposals to extend the option for candidates to restrict publication of their home address to all polls.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	105240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer given on 18th October 2017 to PQ7722.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/10/2017 16:06:02 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

760803

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Candidates: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will review the process of recording candidates' expenses including the consideration of the return to, and subsequent reporting of, expenses to returning officers and the possible provision of online reporting and inspection mechanisms.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	105313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is clear that spending by candidates at elections should continue to be transparent. We will discuss with returning officers and the Electoral Commission how processes relating to the return and publication of spending returns could be improved. The development of online reporting and inspection is likely incur substantial cost as an online platform would need to be developed, established and maintained.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/10/2017 16:07:50 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

760802

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will remove the requirement for election agents' home addresses to be published.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	105312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises the concerns surrounding the inclusion of home addresses on electoral documents which are published and we will consider this whilst looking at issues in relation to publication of the home addresses of candidates.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/10/2017 16:09:28 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

760804

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to introduce a formal complaints system as recommended by the Law Commission to provide for a clearer and local system of accountability and challenge.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	105314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government, in its response to the Sir Eric Pickle’s review of electoral law, agreed with this recommendation. We will continue to work with the Law Commissions and other organisations such as the Electoral Commission on how best to implement the recommendations set out in their review.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/10/2017 16:08:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

760805

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	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, if he will assess the merits of clarifying the arrangements around deferring publication of the electoral register where an election occurs during the defined canvass period.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	105248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises that greater clarity could be provided on deferring<br>publication of the electoral register under these circumstances. We will keep the<br>matter under review and address it when the opportunity arises.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/10/2017 10:51:09 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

768275

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	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: Election Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many incidents of electoral fraud committed by students double voting were recorded during the 2017 General Election.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	900881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p><strong>Voting more than once in a national election is illegal and the Government takes all reports of electoral fraud very seriously. The National Police Chief Council have reported that a number of incidents are being investigated. However, it would be inappropriate to go into more detail whilst investigations are underway. </strong></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/10/2017 14:45:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

760625

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Referendums
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward proposals to provide for the appointment of sub-agents at any future national referendum.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	105239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Referendums held under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000<br>(PPERA) have not previously allowed for sub-agents to be appointed by referendum<br>agents. We will consider this matter further with the Electoral Commission and the<br>Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA).</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/10/2017 10:49:10 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

760967

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Temporary Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of those employed by agencies in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) the UK are employed under the Swedish derogation.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	105268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I<br>have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 105264 105267 question first answered 18/10/2017 14:43:45 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ105264_ 105267_ 105268.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

760966

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Temporary Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) the UK are employed by agencies using the Swedish derogation.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	105267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I<br>have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 105264 105268 question first answered 18/10/2017 14:43:45 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ105264_ 105267_ 105268.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock