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1199826

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Divisions: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission made of the risk of covid-19 spreading from hon. Members touching the despatch boxes and table during the physical voting on 2 June 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	53534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The House authorities on behalf of the Commission has carried out all risk assessments as required under the <em>Working safely during coronavirus (Covid-19) </em>guidance. This identifies the key risks and control measures which have been introduced to allow people to work safely on the parliamentary estate during the Coronavirus outbreak.</p><p>Through the development of cleaning, handwashing and hygiene procedures the risk from touching any surface should be minimised and measures have been put in place to ensure hand washing facilities and / or hand sanitiser is available across the estate. These have also been placed at both entry points to the chamber.</p><p>Enhanced cleaning of the despatch box has continued at all times the House sits to further minimise any potential risk.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart grouped question UIN 53535 question first answered 08/06/2020 16:44:07 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1199828

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Divisions: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the level of risk of spreading covid-19 as a result of hon. Members touching the despatch boxes and table during physical voting on 2 June 2020; and if he would make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	53535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The House authorities on behalf of the Commission has carried out all risk assessments as required under the <em>Working safely during coronavirus (Covid-19) </em>guidance. This identifies the key risks and control measures which have been introduced to allow people to work safely on the parliamentary estate during the Coronavirus outbreak.</p><p>Through the development of cleaning, handwashing and hygiene procedures the risk from touching any surface should be minimised and measures have been put in place to ensure hand washing facilities and / or hand sanitiser is available across the estate. These have also been placed at both entry points to the chamber.</p><p>Enhanced cleaning of the despatch box has continued at all times the House sits to further minimise any potential risk.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart grouped question UIN 53534 question first answered 08/06/2020 16:44:07 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1199599

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fraud: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate the Government has made of the number of people who have lost money through telephone scams in (a) UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Linlithgow and East Falkirk Constituency in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	53528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2020 answer text <p>Victims of fraud and cyber crime in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are encouraged to report these crimes directly to a centralised reporting centre called Action Fraud. Fraud victims in Scotland also reported crimes directly into Action Fraud until December 2019, when Police Scotland decided that victims should report incidents directly to them, via their 101 service. These reports are now recorded separately from Action Fraud data.</p><p> </p><p>Action Fraud does not categorise fraud reports by the mode in which the fraud was conducted. Fraud can often encompass several different methods of communication, so it may not necessarily be clear to the victim what the primary vector for this kind of criminal attack was. Victim locations are only recorded when sufficient information is provided. For these reasons, the data requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>If the MP is concerned about fraud levels in his constituency, he should contact the City of London Police and Police Scotland directly. Whilst they will not be able to provide the data requested, they should be able to discuss fraud in his constituency with him in more depth.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 19/06/2020 10:57:12 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1199645

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is collecting data on patients that have had their treatment options (a) changed and (b) paused as a result of the covid-19 outbreak to ensure that the effect of those changes are appropriately (i) tracked and (ii) recorded.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	53533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>Data is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/06/2020 14:44:32 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1199642

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Blood Cancer: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on health outcomes of (a) delayed and (b) cancelled treatments for patients with (i) multiple myeloma and (ii) other blood cancers during the covid-19 pandemic.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	53532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) published data on Friday 5 May 2020 showing that there has been no significant increase in excess mortality from cancers with a moderate survival rate between January to May 2020.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement issued clear guidance that essential and urgent cancer treatments must continue. Local systems and Cancer Alliances were asked to identify ring-fenced diagnostic and surgical capacity for cancer, so that referrals, diagnostics and treatment can be brought back to pre-pandemic levels at the earliest opportunity to minimise potential harm, and to reduce the scale of the post-pandemic surge in demand.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 25/06/2020 10:42:45 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1199554

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	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, what was the cost to the public purse of funding to help increase the electoral registration of young people in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	53522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to change the voting age, having been elected on a manifesto commitment to retain the current franchise at 18.</p><p>The Government has no plans to introduce automatic registration. The Government considers registering to vote (and voting) to be a civic duty, but does not believe it should be compulsory. With online registration, the Government has made it easier than ever for those who want to to register.</p><p>The Cabinet Office does not hold information on eligible electors who are not registered to vote for an election. Numbers registered for electoral events are published by the Electoral Commission. Reports on the 2015, 2017, and 2019 General Elections have been produced by the Electoral Commission and are available online at <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.electoralcommission.org.uk</a>.</p><p>Some headline registration statistics by area published by the Office for National Statistics. The latest bulletin is available at <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration" target="_blank">www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration</a>.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has recently considered creating a live registration status check. There are technical, security and privacy issues but the Cabinet Office will continue to see whether future developments provide a feasible and cost-effective solution in coming years.</p><p>The Government believes that there is no clear evidence that voting on a national holiday would lead to an increase in turnout.</p><p>The Government was elected on a manifesto pledge to continue to support First Past the Post for parliamentary elections. The First Past the Post system is a robust and secure way of electing Members of Parliament. It ensures a clear link between elected representatives and constituents in a manner that systems of Proportional Representation may not. This ensures that MPs can represent the interests of their constituents when debating national issues.</p><p>The UK Government works closely with ministers and officials in devolved administrations on a range of issues relating to elections, including electoral registration issues. Details of discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p>Each Electoral Registration Officer maintains a register for their own local area, including the number of overseas electors registered in their area. Information is not collated or held centrally on voting by electors. The Government does not hold data on UK citizens resident overseas who are registered to vote, who have successfully applied for absent voting, or who voted in the 2019 UK Parliamentary General Election.</p><p>Since 2013/14, the Government has provided more than £27 million to promote electoral registration and democratic engagement more widely, including among young people. For the 2019 General Election, of the 3.5 million people who registered to vote online between the day the poll was announced and the registration deadline, 66.1% were aged between 18 and 34.</p><p>The Cabinet Office is working closely with the Electoral Commission, Association of Electoral Administrators and Society of Local Government Chief Executives to support local authorities to deliver their duties in line with the Government’s guidance on Coronavirus. This includes working with the Electoral Commission on guidance for the 2020 canvass, which is now published on their website.</p><p>The planning and running of polls is the responsibility of Returning Officers, who are statutorily independent of local or national government. The Government does not collect data on those turned away from polls.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 52223 52226 52227 52228 52230 52231 52232 53514 53516 53521 53523 53525 53526 53530 question first answered 09/06/2020 14:40:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1199498

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	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, what the cost of supporting annual electoral registration was in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	53516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to change the voting age, having been elected on a manifesto commitment to retain the current franchise at 18.</p><p>The Government has no plans to introduce automatic registration. The Government considers registering to vote (and voting) to be a civic duty, but does not believe it should be compulsory. With online registration, the Government has made it easier than ever for those who want to to register.</p><p>The Cabinet Office does not hold information on eligible electors who are not registered to vote for an election. Numbers registered for electoral events are published by the Electoral Commission. Reports on the 2015, 2017, and 2019 General Elections have been produced by the Electoral Commission and are available online at <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.electoralcommission.org.uk</a>.</p><p>Some headline registration statistics by area published by the Office for National Statistics. The latest bulletin is available at <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration" target="_blank">www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration</a>.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has recently considered creating a live registration status check. There are technical, security and privacy issues but the Cabinet Office will continue to see whether future developments provide a feasible and cost-effective solution in coming years.</p><p>The Government believes that there is no clear evidence that voting on a national holiday would lead to an increase in turnout.</p><p>The Government was elected on a manifesto pledge to continue to support First Past the Post for parliamentary elections. The First Past the Post system is a robust and secure way of electing Members of Parliament. It ensures a clear link between elected representatives and constituents in a manner that systems of Proportional Representation may not. This ensures that MPs can represent the interests of their constituents when debating national issues.</p><p>The UK Government works closely with ministers and officials in devolved administrations on a range of issues relating to elections, including electoral registration issues. Details of discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p>Each Electoral Registration Officer maintains a register for their own local area, including the number of overseas electors registered in their area. Information is not collated or held centrally on voting by electors. The Government does not hold data on UK citizens resident overseas who are registered to vote, who have successfully applied for absent voting, or who voted in the 2019 UK Parliamentary General Election.</p><p>Since 2013/14, the Government has provided more than £27 million to promote electoral registration and democratic engagement more widely, including among young people. For the 2019 General Election, of the 3.5 million people who registered to vote online between the day the poll was announced and the registration deadline, 66.1% were aged between 18 and 34.</p><p>The Cabinet Office is working closely with the Electoral Commission, Association of Electoral Administrators and Society of Local Government Chief Executives to support local authorities to deliver their duties in line with the Government’s guidance on Coronavirus. This includes working with the Electoral Commission on guidance for the 2020 canvass, which is now published on their website.</p><p>The planning and running of polls is the responsibility of Returning Officers, who are statutorily independent of local or national government. The Government does not collect data on those turned away from polls.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 52223 52226 52227 52228 52230 52231 52232 53514 53521 53522 53523 53525 53526 53530 question first answered 09/06/2020 14:40:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1199597

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average annual salary was for (a) BAME and (b) non-BAME employees in his Department in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	53527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>Further to the answer given to PQ <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-02-21/18715/" target="_blank">18715</a> on 21 February 2020, some general data on civil service pay broken down by declared ethnicity is available online at <a href="https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/workforce-and-business/public-sector-pay/civil-service-pay/latest" target="_blank">https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/workforce-and-business/public-sector-pay/civil-service-pay/latest</a>.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 15/06/2020 12:05:27 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1199601

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate the Government has made of the number of eligible people who are not on the electoral register in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	53530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to change the voting age, having been elected on a manifesto commitment to retain the current franchise at 18.</p><p>The Government has no plans to introduce automatic registration. The Government considers registering to vote (and voting) to be a civic duty, but does not believe it should be compulsory. With online registration, the Government has made it easier than ever for those who want to to register.</p><p>The Cabinet Office does not hold information on eligible electors who are not registered to vote for an election. Numbers registered for electoral events are published by the Electoral Commission. Reports on the 2015, 2017, and 2019 General Elections have been produced by the Electoral Commission and are available online at <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.electoralcommission.org.uk</a>.</p><p>Some headline registration statistics by area published by the Office for National Statistics. The latest bulletin is available at <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration" target="_blank">www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration</a>.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has recently considered creating a live registration status check. There are technical, security and privacy issues but the Cabinet Office will continue to see whether future developments provide a feasible and cost-effective solution in coming years.</p><p>The Government believes that there is no clear evidence that voting on a national holiday would lead to an increase in turnout.</p><p>The Government was elected on a manifesto pledge to continue to support First Past the Post for parliamentary elections. The First Past the Post system is a robust and secure way of electing Members of Parliament. It ensures a clear link between elected representatives and constituents in a manner that systems of Proportional Representation may not. This ensures that MPs can represent the interests of their constituents when debating national issues.</p><p>The UK Government works closely with ministers and officials in devolved administrations on a range of issues relating to elections, including electoral registration issues. Details of discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p>Each Electoral Registration Officer maintains a register for their own local area, including the number of overseas electors registered in their area. Information is not collated or held centrally on voting by electors. The Government does not hold data on UK citizens resident overseas who are registered to vote, who have successfully applied for absent voting, or who voted in the 2019 UK Parliamentary General Election.</p><p>Since 2013/14, the Government has provided more than £27 million to promote electoral registration and democratic engagement more widely, including among young people. For the 2019 General Election, of the 3.5 million people who registered to vote online between the day the poll was announced and the registration deadline, 66.1% were aged between 18 and 34.</p><p>The Cabinet Office is working closely with the Electoral Commission, Association of Electoral Administrators and Society of Local Government Chief Executives to support local authorities to deliver their duties in line with the Government’s guidance on Coronavirus. This includes working with the Electoral Commission on guidance for the 2020 canvass, which is now published on their website.</p><p>The planning and running of polls is the responsibility of Returning Officers, who are statutorily independent of local or national government. The Government does not collect data on those turned away from polls.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 52223 52226 52227 52228 52230 52231 52232 53514 53516 53521 53522 53523 53525 53526 question first answered 09/06/2020 14:40:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1199529

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Local Government: Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions his Department has held with local authorities on cyber-security.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	53520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is ensuring that local government receives regular advice and guidance relating to cyber security.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/06/2020 16:16:40 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day