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1130155

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	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 discussions he has had with representatives of local authorities on EU citizens that were prevented from voting in the 2019 European Parliament elections.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	260725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>My officials and I meet regularly with representatives of local authorities and electoral administrators to discuss a wide range of electoral issues.</p><p>In line with their statutory duty, the Electoral Commission will be publishing a report into the administration of the polls later this year.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/06/2019 16:32:22 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1132540

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	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 10 June 2019 to Question 260725 on European Parliament: Elections, which local authorities and electoral administrators he or his ministers have met with since the 2019 EU parliamentary elections; and whether the matter of EU citizens being prevented from voting in the 2019 European Parliament elections was discussed at any of those meetings.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	265604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials meet frequently with local authorities and electoral administrators to discuss<br>a wide range of electoral issues</p><p>Details of external meetings by Ministers and Permanent Secretaries are published quarterly and<br>are available on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/06/2019 15:32:58 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1133646

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons EU citizens were not issued with an EU election voter registration and declaration form when they voted in local elections.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	267294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>It is for individual Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to decide how to fulfil their statutory duty to encourage participation by electors in the electoral process in the area in which they act and take the necessary steps to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/06/2019 16:59:10 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1133647

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	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 support he provided to local authority electoral registration officers to ensure that EU citizens had sufficient time to return their declaration forms to vote in the 2019 European elections.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	267295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government took all the legal steps necessary to prepare for the European Parliament elections and put in place all the legislative and funding elements to enable Returning Officers to make their preparations required for the polls on 23 May. We also worked with Returning Officers and the Electoral Commission and other agencies such as the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE) and the Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA) to support the smooth running of the polls.</p><p> </p><p>On 5 April the Electoral Commission published guidance for Local Returning Officers and EROs on the upcoming European Parliament elections. In this the Electoral Commission reminded EROs to prepare and issue UC1 forms to EU citizens on the electoral register. It also encouraged EROs to agree plans and timings for postal vote despatch (including how to prioritise the despatch of overseas votes). This latter point covers UK citizens living in EU countries.</p><p> </p><p>On 3 May the Electoral Commission published guidance advising EU citizens to avoid registering to vote using unofficial registration sites. In this guidance, they further stated that “any EU citizen who wants to vote in the European Parliamentary election in the UK must also print, complete and return a declaration form stating that they will only vote in the UK.” This guidance also included a link to the Your Vote Matters website where the form could be downloaded.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/06/2019 16:49:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1133650

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	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, for what reason his Department decided not to extend the deadline for EU citizens to return their voter registration and declaration forms for the 2019 European Parliament elections.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	267296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The latest date in which an EU citizen can submit a European Parliament Voter Registration Form (known as a UC1 form) to register as an elector in the European Parliamentary elections is 12 working days before the date of the election. For the recent European Parliamentary elections that deadline was 7th May. The 12 working day deadline is based on two provisions relating to the application process and the publication of, and alterations to, the register before the election. The provisions are contained in section 13B of the Representation of the People Act 1983 and regulation 29 of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001; and the equivalent provisions in the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001 and Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008 as applied by Schedule 001 of the European Parliamentary Elections (Franchise of Relevant Citizens of the Union) Regulations 2001. To change the 12 working day deadline would require changes to the legislation.</p><p> </p><p>The UC1 form implements a requirement under EU law. EU Council Directive 93/109/EC requires all Member States to send the details of any EU citizens’ declarations to the state they are a citizen of “sufficiently in advance of polling day” to ensure an EU citizen does not vote twice in the same European Parliamentary election. This is not a new requirement and has been in place for previous European Parliamentary elections.</p><p> </p><p>On 5 April the Electoral Commission published guidance for Local Returning Officers and EROs on the upcoming European Parliament elections. In this the Electoral Commission reminded EROs to prepare and issue UC1 forms to EU citizens on the electoral register. It also encouraged EROs to agree plans and timings for postal vote despatch (including how to prioritise the despatch of overseas votes). This latter point covers UK citizens living in EU countries.</p><p> </p><p>On 3 May the Electoral Commission published guidance advising EU citizens to avoid registering to vote using unofficial registration sites. In this guidance, they further stated that “any EU citizen who wants to vote in the European Parliamentary election in the UK must also print, complete and return a declaration form stating that they will only vote in the UK.” This guidance also included a link to the Your Vote Matters website where the form could be downloaded.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/06/2019 16:49:26 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1147286

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much money has been spent from the public purse on placing the Government's Brexit notifications in newspapers.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	292391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>In law the UK is set to leave the EU on 31 October 2019. “Get Ready for Brexit” is a public information campaign providing the facts citizens and businesses need to know about the preparations they need to take to be ready for when the UK leaves the EU.</p><p>The ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign is running across television, social media, billboards and other platforms.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has undertaken to publish information relating to ongoing expenditure on the public information campaign as part of the department’s monthly data transparency releases. The published information will be available on GOV.UK here: (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data</a>)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 292392 292393 292394 question first answered 03/10/2019 16:22:13 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1147287

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how money has been spent from the public purse on radio campaigns for the Government's Get ready for Brexit campaign.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	292392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>In law the UK is set to leave the EU on 31 October 2019. “Get Ready for Brexit” is a public information campaign providing the facts citizens and businesses need to know about the preparations they need to take to be ready for when the UK leaves the EU.</p><p>The ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign is running across television, social media, billboards and other platforms.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has undertaken to publish information relating to ongoing expenditure on the public information campaign as part of the department’s monthly data transparency releases. The published information will be available on GOV.UK here: (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data</a>)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 292391 292393 292394 question first answered 03/10/2019 16:22:13 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1147289

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how money has been spent from the public purse on TV adverts for the Government's Get ready for Brexit campaign.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	292393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>In law the UK is set to leave the EU on 31 October 2019. “Get Ready for Brexit” is a public information campaign providing the facts citizens and businesses need to know about the preparations they need to take to be ready for when the UK leaves the EU.</p><p>The ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign is running across television, social media, billboards and other platforms.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has undertaken to publish information relating to ongoing expenditure on the public information campaign as part of the department’s monthly data transparency releases. The published information will be available on GOV.UK here: (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data</a>)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 292391 292392 292394 question first answered 03/10/2019 16:22:13 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1147290

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Brexit: Publicity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how money has been spent from the public purse on social media in relation to the Government's Get ready for Brexit campaign.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	292394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>In law the UK is set to leave the EU on 31 October 2019. “Get Ready for Brexit” is a public information campaign providing the facts citizens and businesses need to know about the preparations they need to take to be ready for when the UK leaves the EU.</p><p>The ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign is running across television, social media, billboards and other platforms.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has undertaken to publish information relating to ongoing expenditure on the public information campaign as part of the department’s monthly data transparency releases. The published information will be available on GOV.UK here: (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data</a>)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 292391 292392 292393 question first answered 03/10/2019 16:22:13 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1132083

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	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 prevent postal vote electoral fraud.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	uin	264439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>Electoral fraud is unacceptable on any level. There are already measures in place designed to enhance the security of postal voting. In response to the 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> </p><p>Cabinet Office coordinates cross-Government work to protect and secure our democratic processes and ensure those involved in delivering our elections receive cyber, physical and personnel security advice from experts at the National Cyber Security Centre and the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/06/2019 14:21:13 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk