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906297

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the news release entitled Thousands of voters turned away from polling stations in mandatory ID trials, published by the Electoral Reform Society on 4 May 2018, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the estimate by the Electoral Reform Society that 3,981 people were turned away from polling stations across the five pilot areas; and if he will make an estimate of what that figure would be in the event that the scheme was rolled out nationally.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	145358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>Requiring some form of identification to vote was successfully tested at the local elections on 3 May by five local authorities: Bromley, Gosport, Swindon, Watford and Woking. The overwhelming majority of people cast their vote without a problem and the success of the pilots proves that this is a reasonable and proportionate measure to take, and there was no notable adverse effect on turnout.</p><p>The estimate by the political lobby group the Electoral Reform Society is exaggerated and inaccurate. Data from Returning Officers across all five participating local authorities shows that there were 340 electors asked to return to the polling station with the correct identification who did not subsequently return. This represents 0.16% of the votes cast.</p><p>This reflects that such identification was a brand new requirement, and a few electors may not have read the publicity that they were sent about the pilots.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">However, the experience of Northern Ireland, where paper ID has been required since 1985 and photo ID since 2003, illustrates that there should be no issue with voters not knowing - once the requirement has become established.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Electoral Commission is responsible for carrying out an independent, statutory evaluation of the pilot schemes and will publish its findings in the summer of 2018; this will be an opportunity to review how the publicity arrangements operated and could be improved. This is one of the benefits of piloting the policy.</ins></p><p> </p><p>Requiring some form of identification to vote was successfully tested at the local elections on 3 May by five local authorities: Bromley, Gosport, Swindon, Watford and Woking. The overwhelming majority of people cast their vote without a problem and the success of the pilots proves that this is a reasonable and proportionate measure to take, and there was no notable adverse effect on turnout.</p><p>The estimate by the political lobby group the Electoral Reform Society is exaggerated and inaccurate. Data from Returning Officers across all five participating local authorities shows that there were 340 electors asked to return to the polling station with the correct identification who did not subsequently return. This represents 0.14% of the votes cast.</p><p>This reflects that such identification was a brand new requirement, and a few electors may not have read the publicity that they were sent about the pilots.</p><p> </p><p>However, the experience of Northern Ireland, where paper ID has been required since 1985 and photo ID since 2003, illustrates that there should be no issue with voters not knowing - once the requirement has become established.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is responsible for carrying out an independent, statutory evaluation of the pilot schemes and will publish its findings in the summer of 2018; this will be an opportunity to review how the publicity arrangements operated and could be improved. This is one of the benefits of piloting the policy.</p><p> </p><p>There was an error in the data previously presented. Whilst the individual totals of votes cast in each local authority were correct, the overall total was incorrectly summed. The previously quoted total of votes cast of 206,741 should have been 234,506. As a result, the percentage of people who did not return as a proportion of number of votes cast was overstated, incorrectly given as 0.16%. The correct figure is 0.14%. The attached table contains the correct data.</p><p> </p><p>As part of its planned evaluation, the Electoral Commission will continue to collect and analyse a wide range of data and information about the pilots, including public opinion surveys, data from polling stations, turnout and postal voting data, and polling station staff surveys. We will continue to work with the Electoral Commission and other partners to ensure that the emerging data gives an accurate picture of how ID pilots were delivered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith previous answer version 59632 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith 60423 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith question first answered 25/05/2018 15:13:05 question first ministerially corrected 01/06/2018 09:26:25 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name Pre evaluation voter ID polling station data (1) (1).xlsx title Pre evaluation vote
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

929363

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Location
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) Government organisations and (b) departmental offices are based in (i) towns and (ii) cities in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	156622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply and I would be depositing a copy in the Library of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 27/06/2018 13:20:44 question first ministerially corrected 08/10/2018 10:09:49 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ156622 (1).pdf title UKSA response previous answer version 66043 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ156622 Holding Response.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

926575

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of the additional jobs in the UK labour market have been filled by (a) UK nationals and (b) non-UK nationals since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	154608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p><strong>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</strong></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/06/2018 09:28:06 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2018 10:43:35 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ154608 PQ154609.pdf title UKSA response previous answer version 64806 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ154608 PQ154609 Holding Response.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

931177

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Catering and Hospitality Industry: Vacancies
	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 current number of vacancies in the (a) hospitality and (b) food preparation industries.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	157008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply and will be depositing the response to the libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/06/2018 09:37:56 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2018 10:43:27 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ157008.pdf title UKSA Response previous answer version 67062 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ157008 Holding Response.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

923467

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many 18-25 year-olds are on zero-hours contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	153347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 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 18/06/2018 14:41:22 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ153347.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

915057

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Voting Rights: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent conversations he has had with the devolved administrations on the potential merits of extending the franchise to 16 and 17 year olds.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	148921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to lower the voting age, having been elected on a manifesto commitment to retain the current franchise for parliamentary elections at 18. Under the devolution settlements, franchise and registration arrangements for local elections and elections to the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales are a matter for those devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 07/06/2018 11:09:20 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

908995

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Voting Rights: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on the voting rights of non-UK EU citizens with (a) temporary or (b) settled status in the UK after (i) 29 March 2019 and (ii) 31 December 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	146068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my previous answer 129820 of 28 March 2018.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 146069 question first answered 11/06/2018 14:41:06 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

908996

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Voting Rights: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend Section 2(1)(c) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 in relation to the voting rights of non-UK EU citizens.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	146069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my previous answer 129820 of 28 March 2018.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 146068 question first answered 11/06/2018 14:41:06 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

914960

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Voting Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on extending the franchise to all legal residents of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	148894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>Those entitled to vote at UK Parliamentary and local government elections include those who have attained the age of 18 and who are British citizens; citizens of Commonwealth countries who are resident in the UK on a permanent basis or have leave to enter or remain; and citizens of the Republic of Ireland resident in the UK. Resident citizens of other European Union (EU) Member States are eligible to vote at local government elections.</p><p> </p><p>Citizens of other countries do not have the right to vote in UK elections. Citizenship restrictions are the norm for participating in national elections in most democracies, including the UK. The Government has no plans to extend the franchise to all legal residents at this time.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 07/06/2018 11:42:52 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

914977

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Voting Behaviour
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect on trends in the level of voting in elections of opening polling stations at weekends.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	148901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>Previous pilots of weekend voting showed no significant variation in turnout and the consultation undertaken by the Labour Government in 2009 showed that a majority of respondents favoured retaining polling on a weekday and that moving to weekend voting could double or even triple costs.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/06/2018 15:00:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith