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1150390

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to encourage more people to vote in elections.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	1540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Individual Electoral Registration (IER) and online registration have transformed electoral registration, making it easier than ever before to register to vote. The register for the 2017 General Election was, at 46.8 million, the largest ever.</p><p>The Government is working hard to ensure that Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) have the tools to ensure that electoral registers are complete and accurate. We have developed a range of resources which we have made available to the electoral community and we are convening partners to transfer our knowledge, evidence and resources so they are equipped to tackle barriers to registration for under-registered groups and deliver democratic engagement activities.</p><p>The Government also continues to work with the Cabinet Office-chaired Accessibility of Elections Working Group to make elections more accessible to disabled people. We are also starting to bring forward measures that respond to issues raised in the Government’s response to the 2018 Call for Evidence on Access to Elections, with the proposals announced as part of the package around the Queen’s Speech.</p><p>It is for candidates and political parties to encourage people to vote in elections.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/10/2019 16:58:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1150391

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Disability
	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, what steps he is taking to ensure that disabled people are able to vote in elections (a) confidentially and (b) easily.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	1541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with the Cabinet Office chaired Accessibility of Elections Working Group to make elections more accessible to disabled people. Work has already been undertaken with Mencap and the Electoral Commission to produce Easy Read guides for registration and voting at recent polls, and we have worked with the Electoral Commission to update its guidance for Returning Officers and polling station staff.</p><p>We are also starting to bring forward measures which respond to issues raised in the Government’s response to the 2018 Call for Evidence on Access to Elections, with the proposals announced as part of the package around the Queen’s Speech. These will include increasing the range of support available to voters with disabilities in polling stations and allowing a wider range of people (such as carers) to assist disabled voters in polling stations if needed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/10/2019 16:59:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1147860

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Older People
	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, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people over the age of 60 experiencing domestic abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	293447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to respond.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/10/2019 16:24:55 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ293447.pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1136585

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	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, whether he has plans to implement the Law Commission’s recommendation to consolidate the UK’s electoral laws into a single, consistent legislative framework governing all elections.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	272740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is continuing to work with the Law Commission, as well as other stakeholders such as the Electoral Commission, to consider ways to streamline and clarify our electoral system in order to make elections easier to administer and therefore more resilient to errors or fraud.<strong> </strong></p><p>We will consider their proposals in full once we receive the Law Commission’s final report.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/07/2019 13:14:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1131673

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Low Pay: West Midlands
	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 number of people in the West Midlands earning less than £9 an hour.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	263687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 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 17/06/2019 11:43:14 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ 263687.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1131217

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	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 number of incidents of domestic abuse in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	263051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 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 17/06/2019 11:31:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ 263051.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1130747

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Marriage: Children
	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 people below 18 years of age who are married.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	261472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 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 12/06/2019 16:58:14 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ 261472.pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1125048

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whats steps the Government is taking to encourage young people to register to vote.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	251213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to respecting, protecting and promoting our democracy. We want to build upon recent record levels of individuals registering to vote and participating in elections. Our Register to Vote website is widely used by young people: over 7.83 million online applications have been submitted by 16-24 year olds since the service was introduced in 2014. Ahead of the General Election in June 2017 young people aged under 25 were particularly engaged, submitting over 1 million applications - more than 35% of all applications received in the pre-election period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since then we have taken further steps to promote democratic engagement amongst young people. Making use of the Suffrage Fund, we have delivered three projects to promote youth engagement: a scheme to recruit and train 1000 youth Democracy Ambassadors; the development and publication of a toolkit for parliamentarians to engage young people; and a new history and citizenship resource for secondary schools (<a href="http://www.suffrageresources.org.uk" target="_blank">www.suffrageresources.org.uk</a>).</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s recent report, <em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/democratic-engagement-respecting-protecting-and-promoting-our-democracy" target="_blank">Democratic Engagement: Respecting, Protecting and Promoting Our Democracy</a>,</em> sets out how we work with partners to encourage democratic participation. This includes National Democracy Week, which convenes youth focused organisations such as the British Youth Council, UK Youth, Elevation Networks and Patchwork Foundation to deliver targeted democratic engagement activity. The report also highlights steps to help Higher Education providers work with local authorities to promote electoral registration amongst their student populations.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS provides funding for the UK Youth Parliament, Youth Select Committee and Make Your Mark ballot which support young people to raise issues on local and national levels.</p><p> </p><p>Make Your Mark is a ballot of youth views which gives the UK Youth Parliament its mandate and gets young people, aged 11-18, involved in democracy, with over 1 million young people voting in 2018. (<a href="http://www.ukyouthparliament.org.uk/makeyourmark/" target="_blank">http://www.ukyouthparliament.org.uk/makeyourmark/</a>)<br></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/05/2019 16:44:45 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1128805

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2019
	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 estimate he has made of the number of EU citizens living in the UK unable to register and vote in the 2019 European elections.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	259473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>Data on the registration and voting rates of EU citizens in the 2019 European elections is not collected centrally. 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 21/06/2019 12:38:28 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham