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1151813

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Disadvantaged
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, with reference to the Prime Minister's response to the letter of 24 July 2019 from Church leaders, what assessment the Government has made of (a) which groups in disadvantaged communities will need additional support and (b) what support those groups will require in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	4343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is making all necessary preparations to ensure that we are ready for leaving the EU whatever the circumstances. We want to ensure the country is prepared at every level.</p><p>HM Treasury routinely monitors economic conditions and risks, and the Government has a range of mechanisms available to support vulnerable people. We stand ready to take appropriate action if economic conditions change. Furthermore, officials make estimates of the direct impact of spending decisions on household living standards, and would continue to do so in responding to challenges arising from leaving the EU without a deal.</p><p>We are committed to a strong safety-net for those who need it. This includes a well-established system of hardship payments, benefit advances and budgeting loans as an additional safeguard for those who need them. Additionally, the government has been working with local authorities to understand how a no-deal exit might impact upon their services, including services for vulnerable people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 3773 4261 question first answered 28/10/2019 17:50:56 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

1151834

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Death
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 drug-related deaths there were in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	4265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 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 28/10/2019 14:22:41 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name 2019.10.23 - PQ - 4265 final.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1151879

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Disadvantaged
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, if he will publish the (a) information he holds on the effect on disadvantaged communities of the UK leaving the EU without a deal and (b) plans he has in place to mitigate that effect.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	4261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is making all necessary preparations to ensure that we are ready for leaving the EU whatever the circumstances. We want to ensure the country is prepared at every level.</p><p>HM Treasury routinely monitors economic conditions and risks, and the Government has a range of mechanisms available to support vulnerable people. We stand ready to take appropriate action if economic conditions change. Furthermore, officials make estimates of the direct impact of spending decisions on household living standards, and would continue to do so in responding to challenges arising from leaving the EU without a deal.</p><p>We are committed to a strong safety-net for those who need it. This includes a well-established system of hardship payments, benefit advances and budgeting loans as an additional safeguard for those who need them. Additionally, the government has been working with local authorities to understand how a no-deal exit might impact upon their services, including services for vulnerable people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 3773 4343 question first answered 28/10/2019 17:50:56 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

1151901

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Foreign Relations
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 he has requested any (a) Ministers and (b) officials to investigate potential contacts between UK parliamentarians and foreign Governments.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
uin	4315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to tightening up legislation so that foreign money cannot find its way into political campaigning and to tackle foreign lobbying. As such, Ministers and officials have been directed to consider the issue for consultation, which will be published in due course.</p><p><del class="ministerial">The public have a right to know who is funding campaigning and legislation in the context of Brexit.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Ministers believe this to be particularly pertinent in light of public concerns raised about the funding of campaigning and legislation against Brexit.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">I further refer the Hon. Member to a letter sent by the Cabinet Secretary to the Rt. Hon. Member for Beaconsfield (Dominic Grieve); a copy of this letter will be deposited in the library of both Houses.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">I also refer him to the answer to the Hon. Member for the Isle of Wight (Bob Seely), of 1 November 2019, Official Report, PQ 4350, on the assessment being undertaken of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on foreign agents’ registration.</ins></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/10/2019 17:58:06 question first ministerially corrected 05/11/2019 17:25:08 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 2285 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1151508

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit: Festivals and Special Occasions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 5 February 2019 to Question 215222 on Brexit: Festivals and Special Occasions, whether the Government has since developed any further plans for ceremonial and official events to mark the formal exit of the UK from the European Union.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	3722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>Any further plans will be announced in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/10/2019 17:51:08 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1151522

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit
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, with reference to the Government document entitled Operation Yellowhammer HMG Reasonable Worst Case Planning Assumptions, what plans the Government has to mitigate the predicted disproportionate effect on low-income groups of price rises in food and fuel in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	3726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury routinely monitors economic conditions and risks, and the Government has a range of mechanisms available to support vulnerable people. We stand ready to take appropriate action if economic conditions change. Furthermore, officials make estimates of the direct impact of spending decisions on household living standards, and would continue to do so in any no deal response.</p><p>The temporary tariff regime, as confirmed on 8 October, took into account, amongst other things, the need to help mitigate any price rises that could affect UK consumers and supply chains. This was a key consideration in our proposals to unilaterally lower tariffs to zero on 88% of goods, including fuel and a number of agricultural products.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/10/2019 17:51:00 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1151592

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Poverty
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, with reference to the Prime Minister's response to the letter of 24 July 2019 from Church leaders, what steps the Government plans to take to mitigate the potential risks to people living in poverty of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	3773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is making all necessary preparations to ensure that we are ready for leaving the EU whatever the circumstances. We want to ensure the country is prepared at every level.</p><p>HM Treasury routinely monitors economic conditions and risks, and the Government has a range of mechanisms available to support vulnerable people. We stand ready to take appropriate action if economic conditions change. Furthermore, officials make estimates of the direct impact of spending decisions on household living standards, and would continue to do so in responding to challenges arising from leaving the EU without a deal.</p><p>We are committed to a strong safety-net for those who need it. This includes a well-established system of hardship payments, benefit advances and budgeting loans as an additional safeguard for those who need them. Additionally, the government has been working with local authorities to understand how a no-deal exit might impact upon their services, including services for vulnerable people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 4261 4343 question first answered 28/10/2019 17:50:56 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

1107837

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Autism: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people with autism have died by suicide in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	238634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 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 Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 03/04/2019 14:17:06 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ238634 (1) (1).pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1121400

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Blaenau Gwent
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 uncompleted applications to the electoral register in Blaenau Gwent in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c)2018.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	244046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Since its introduction, over 38 million applications have been facilitated nationally through the Individual Electoral Registration Digital Service, of which over 75% (29 million) of applications were made online via the Register to Vote website. Applications are processed locally by the Electoral Registration Officers who are responsible for completing the registration process and adding an individual to the electoral register. We therefore don’t have access to any statistics on the number of applications that do not complete this process. However, these may be held at the local level.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 23/04/2019 09:45:39 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1121401

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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 Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of uncompleted applications to join the electoral register in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	244047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Since its introduction, over 38 million applications have been facilitated nationally through the Individual Electoral Registration Digital Service, of which over 75% (29 million) of applications were made online via the Register to Vote website. Applications are processed locally by the Electoral Registration Officers who are responsible for completing the registration process and adding an individual to the electoral register. We therefore don’t have access to any statistics on the number of applications that do not complete this process. However, these may be held at the local level.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 23/04/2019 09:45:49 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith