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1166620

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
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, on what dates the online register to vote service has been offline as a result of (a) non-scheduled maintenance and (b) non-maintenance issues; and for how many hours it was offline on each of those days in October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	6344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The Register to Vote website has had no downtime so far in October 2019 as a result of non-scheduled maintenance or non-maintenance issues.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 31/10/2019 15:39:35 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1166624

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
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, what estimate he has made of the number of members of the public his Department plans to inform through the Get Ready for Brexit campaign.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	6207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>“Get Ready for Brexit” is a public information campaign that provides 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 campaign aims to reach as many UK citizens and businesses as possible and to ensure key messages are delivered to groups most likely to need to take action before the UK leaves the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 31/10/2019 15:37:21 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1166625

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
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, whether the Get Ready for Brexit campaign remains operational.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	6208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign is being paused and reviewed following the EU’s agreement to a Brexit extension until 31 January.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 31/10/2019 15:36:58 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1166628

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
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, in which (a) print, (b) broadcast and (c) digital media outlets advertising space has been purchased for the Get Ready for Brexit campaign.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	6211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>“Get Ready for Brexit” is a public information campaign that provides the facts citizens and businesses need to know about the steps they need to take to be ready for when the UK leaves the EU.</p><p>The campaign has used a broad range of advertising platforms across print (including national and regional newspapers), broadcast (including national and regional radio and TV stations) and digital media (including multiple social media platforms and news websites), in both the UK and other EU27 countries.</p><p>The campaign aims to reach as many UK citizens and businesses as possible and to ensure key messages are delivered to groups most likely to need to take action before the UK leaves the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 31/10/2019 15:38:00 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1166867

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Campaigns: Disinformation
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 the Government is taking to tackle online deep fakes in political campaigning.
tabling member constituency	Hastings and Rye
tabling member printed	Amber Rudd
uin	6345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the potential challenges artificial intelligence and digitally manipulated content, including “deepfakes”, may pose. We are considering these issues carefully as part of cross-Whitehall efforts to tackle online manipulation.</p><p>The Cabinet Office is taking a cross-Government approach to the safeguarding of our electoral processes through the Defending Democracy programme, including in relation to online manipulation. The Government has announced a range of measures to safeguard UK elections, including commitments to launch a consultation on electoral integrity and implementing a digital imprints regime for online election material. More detail on both of these will be brought forward in the coming months.</p><p>The Online Harms White Paper set out the Government's plans for world-leading legislation to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online. We intend to establish a new statutory duty of care on companies towards their users, overseen by an independent regulator, to ensure companies have appropriate processes in place to deal with harmful content on their service, and keep their users safe. Disinformation is one of the harms proposed to be in scope of the regulator.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 31/10/2019 15:39:18 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd

1166916

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Venezuela
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 Venezuelan nationals living in the UK in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	6393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 31/10/2019 15:38:39 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ6393 (1).pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1156377

registered interest
date	25/10/2019
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 much money from the public purse has been spent on (a) posters, (b) billboards, (c) electronic communication and (d) paper communication advertising the UK leaving the EU on 31 October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	5478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to grouped PQs 290437, 290765 and 290970 on the 30th September 2019.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 5447 question first answered 30/10/2019 17:18:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1156428

registered interest
date	25/10/2019
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 much has been spent on the Get ready for Brexit communications campaign as of 25 October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	5447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to grouped PQs 290437, 290765 and 290970 on the 30th September 2019.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 5478 question first answered 30/10/2019 17:18:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1156108

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
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 many designs for posters and adverts produced as part of the Get ready for Brexit awareness campaign mentioned 31 October 2019 as exit day.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	5041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>The EU has now accepted the request for a Brexit extension. Up until this point, the UK was set to leave the EU on 31 October 2019. On that basis it was important that businesses and citizens prepared themselves for leaving the EU on 31 October.</p><p>Therefore all advertising designs for the “Get Ready for Brexit” campaign, which provides the facts citizens and businesses need to know about the steps they need to take to be ready for when the UK leaves the EU, mentioned 31 October. Not undertaking such communication would have risked unnecessary disruption to people’s lives and businesses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 29/10/2019 16:10:49 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1156109

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
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, whether the Government has (a) paid for and (b) booked advertising space for the Get ready for Brexit campaign for dates beyond 31 October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	5042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>The EU has now accepted the request for a Brexit extension. Up until this point, the UK was set to leave the EU on 31 October 2019. On that basis it was important that businesses and citizens prepared themselves for leaving the EU on 31 October. Some of those citizens and businesses may still have needed to take action after 31 October.</p><p>Cabinet Office publishes the costs of the public information campaign monthly on a rolling basis as part of routine government transparency. This will be broken down by supplier.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 29/10/2019 16:11:51 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady