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5108

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2013
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the total loss to the economy as a result of underemployment in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
	uin	153940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2014 answer text <p>This is not a matter for Cabinet Office Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 25/02/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

804329

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of theft and fraud to (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last ten years.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	118569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Information regarding the cost of detected fraud in the Cabinet Office can be found in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts and the NAO’s Fraud Landscape Review (2016). The Cabinet Office undertakes sampling exercises to identify anomalies in areas such as travel, subsistence and grants.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/03/2018 11:58:37 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

810549

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which EU (a) Directives, (b) Regulations and (c) other legislation affecting his Department he is planning to propose the (i) revocation and (ii) amendment of after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	120894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will retain EU law as it applies in the UK on exit day.</p><p>We expect between 800 and 1000 statutory instruments will be required across Government to correct this retained EU law to ensure the statute book functions appropriately outside the EU. The Bill will also give the devolved administrations powers to make similar corrections in devolved areas. All Departments are engaged in this process.</p><p>Once we leave the EU, we will make our own laws. As we leave the EU, the Government’s EU exit legislative programme is designed to cater for the full range of negotiated and non-negotiated outcomes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/03/2018 16:06:38 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810665

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons the budgets of Returning Officers and Electoral Registration Officers are exempt from Freedom of Information requirements; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing that exemption to increase transparency in the funding of elections.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	121010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government agrees that Electoral Registration Officers and Returning Officers should be brought within the scope of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000.</p><p>Whilst there are issues which require careful consideration, there are a number of potential benefits to ensuring the information held by Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and Returning Officers (ROs) is publicly available such as enhancing their accountability to the public and providing greater transparency as to the work underway to support electoral registration, which is vital in underpinning the democratic process.</p><p>Many EROs and ROs choose to voluntarily disclose information when requested under the FOI Act and the Association of Electoral Administrators, the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and the Electoral Commission have previously stated that they are in favour of bringing EROs under the FOI Act</p><p>However, the maximum recoverable amounts made available to Returning Officers for the conduct of national polls are published in advance of the poll in the corresponding Charges Order and are already publicly available.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 17/01/2018 14:01:49 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

816687

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Meetings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish transparency data for his meetings from March to December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	121114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Transparency data covering the period March to September 2017 for Cabinet Office Ministers’ Meetings is available on gov.uk. Data covering the period October to December 2017 will be published in due course, and will also be available on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-april-to-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-april-to-june-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 15/01/2018 15:04:57 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

816800

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the increase in level of capacity of the Register to Vote website was between June 2016 and the end of December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	121227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Enhancements to the Register to Vote digital service were completed in December 2016, taking full account of the independent lessons learned review from the website outage that occurred in June 2016. The changes included a significant increase in user capacity. Specific user capacity figures cannot be shared for security reasons.</p><p>Over 2.9 million applications were submitted between 18 April and 22 May 2017, including a record number of 622,000 applications on the deadline date.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 16/01/2018 14:39:21 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

818664

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Devolution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the minutes of the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Devolution for Scotland, Wales and the Regions from 1997 and 1998 will be made public.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	121428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office takes its responsibilities for transparency very seriously, and is releasing more historic records, more frequently than ever before. The Government is now halfway through the transition from a 30-year rule for the release of historic records to a 20-year rule. The schedule for the transition is set out in secondary legislation, namely the Freedom of Information (Definition of Historical Records) (Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2012. Under this order, records created in 1997 and 1998, including the minutes of Cabinet Committees and Sub-Committees, will be eligible for release in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 11/01/2018 16:42:24 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

819011

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Kidney Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have been diagnosed with Wilms' tumour of the kidney in the UK in each of the last 5 years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	121688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 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 Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 17/01/2018 12:03:29 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ121688 Jim Shannon(OW).pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

820761

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Learning Disability: Hemsworth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of adults with a learning disability in Hemsworth constituency were in paid work in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	122179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 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 Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 17/01/2018 13:59:56 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ122179 Jon Trickett(OW) .pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

820822

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	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, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the effect of foreign political advertising on UK elections.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
	uin	122240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>UK political parties and campaigners can only receive donations (including donations in kind) from permissible sources. These sources are set out in legislation and include individuals on the electoral roll, companies registered in the UK and carrying on business here, and a number of other UK-registered bodies. Separate provisions apply in Northern Ireland. Accepting donations from any impermissible donor is an offence.</p><p>Under the Communications Act 2003, other than party political broadcasts, political advertising is prohibited on TV and radio. However, the Government recognises the problems caused by misleading and false information online, and we take the security and integrity of our democratic processes very seriously.</p><p>The Government’s manifesto includes a commitment to take steps to protect the reliability and objectivity of information that is essential to our democracy and a free, independent press. Therefore we are working with the broadcast and press sectors, social media and the broader tech industry, academics and international partner governments to ensure we have a news environment where accurate content can prevail. We are also working to improve the critical analysis and digital literacy skills of the wider population.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 29/01/2018 09:32:57 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield