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1339379

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Service: Re-employment
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, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2021 to Question 15260 on Civil Service Agencies: Standards, whether his Department has received any communication from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government under paragraph 4 of the Civil Service Management Code in relation to proposals to change terms and conditions for civil servants employed by Homes England; and what steps he has taken to communicate his policy that threatening fire and rehire as a negotiating tactic is unacceptable to (a) Homes England and (b) the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	21235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>As referenced in the answer to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-14/15260" target="_blank">PQ 15260</a> the Civil Service Management Code (CSMC) only binds organisations that employ civil servants, which Homes England do not. It is for Homes England to decide how to manage their workforce and related pay processes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/06/2021 16:42:27 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1339385

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Public Inquiries
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 progress he has made on the commencement of the public inquiry into covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Ed Davey
uin	21137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>On 12 May, the Prime Minister confirmed to this House that a public inquiry into COVID-19 would be established on a statutory basis, with full formal powers, and that it will begin its work in spring 2022.</p><p>Further details, including terms of reference, will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 21138 question first answered 28/06/2021 16:40:47 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1339386

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Public Inquiries
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 recent progress he has made on the commencement of the public inquiry into the handling of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Ed Davey
uin	21138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>On 12 May, the Prime Minister confirmed to this House that a public inquiry into COVID-19 would be established on a statutory basis, with full formal powers, and that it will begin its work in spring 2022.</p><p>Further details, including terms of reference, will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 21137 question first answered 28/06/2021 16:40:47 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1339424

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Access to Information Central Clearing House
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 the annual running costs are of the central Cabinet Office Clearing House for Freedom of Information requests; and which staff of his Department have responsibilities within the Clearing House.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	21236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>The Clearing House function does not have full time members of staff, and its work is done by a small team of people in the FOI team, including the Deputy Director of Freedom of Information and Transparency, alongside their other day to day responsibilities. There is no separate budget for the Clearing House.</p><p>The Cabinet Office does not routinely capture data on the number of requests which are referred to the Clearing House. However, in 2020, Clearing House gave advice on 516 aggregated ‘round robins’ (requests made to more than one department and that have repeat characteristics); a small proportion of over 30,000 requests received by government departments in the same time period.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has referred requests to the Clearing House where appropriate and in line with the published criteria, which is available on gov.uk here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-and-freedom-of-information" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-and-freedom-of-information</a>.</p><p>Information on Freedom of Information statistics is also published on gov.uk here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 21237 question first answered 28/06/2021 16:53:24 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1337909

registered interest
date	17/06/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: British Nationals Abroad
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 additional people will form part of the electorate following the extension of the franchise to citizens who have been living overseas for more than 15 years.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	17853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government intends to legislate to extend the franchise for UK Parliamentary General Elections to all British citizens living overseas who have been previously registered or previously resident in the UK.</p><p>These measures will be included in the Elections Bill, and we will shortly be publishing further information on the impact on the overseas franchise as part of this process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/06/2021 16:19:10 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1336617

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Enfield North
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, pursuant to to the Answer of 2 June 2021 to Question 6509 on Electoral Register: Enfield North, how many people in Enfield North (a) are eligible to vote and (b) possess a form of Government-approved photo ID broken down by (i) ethnic background and (ii) age in each local authority ward for each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	16242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have, therefore, asked the Authority to respond.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 16243 question first answered 23/06/2021 14:57:57 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name UKSA's final response to PQ16242_ 16243.pdf title UKSAs response to PQ16242, 16243
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1336619

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Enfield North
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, pursuant to to the Answer of 2 June 2021 to Question 6509 on Electoral Register: Enfield North, how many people in Enfield North are (a) registered to vote and (b) possess a form of Government-approved photo ID broken down by (i) ethnic background, (ii) age and in each local authority ward for each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	16243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have, therefore, asked the Authority to respond.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 16242 question first answered 23/06/2021 14:57:57 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name UKSA's final response to PQ16242_ 16243.pdf title UKSAs response to PQ16242, 16243
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1336620

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
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, pursuant to Answer of 2 June 2021 to Question 6510 on Electoral Register, if he will list the meetings he has had, and on what dates, with representatives of (a) civil rights organisations, (b) Black, Asian and ethnic minority groups, (c) disability rights groups and (d) interest groups representing elderly people to discuss electoral participation, voter turnout and the proposals set out in the Electoral Integrity Bill since February 2020.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	16244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has worked, and continues to work, closely with a wide range of charities and civil society organisations to make sure the proposals in the Elections Bill are implemented in a way that is inclusive for all eligible voters.</p><p><strong><br></strong>Details of meetings with external organisations are included in regular transparency reports and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 23/06/2021 14:57:05 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1336749

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Conduct
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 assessment he has made of the (a) Prime Minister's and (b) Government's compliance with section 9.1 of the Ministerial Code.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	16195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government throughout the pandemic has been extremely mindful of the importance of keeping both Parliament and the public informed when decisions are taken.</p><p>The Prime Minister met with the Speaker last week and agreed that Parliament will be informed as announcements are made, and that we also reach as many members of the public as possible.</p><p>The Government has provided more than 80 Covid-19 statements to Parliament since the first on 23 Jan 2020. This is in addition to the various debates in government, backbench and opposition time, oral questions, urgent questions and legislation debates.</p><p>The regulations to keep England in step 3 of the Roadmap were debated and approved by both Houses on 16 June.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/06/2021 16:37:04 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1312303

registered interest
date	27/04/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Visual Impairment
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 his Department is taking to ensure that the requirement for photographic ID to vote will not disenfranchise blind and partially sighted people who are less likely to hold a passport or driving licence.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	188127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The list of approved photo ID will not be limited to UK passports or driving licences. A broad range of documents already in use will be accepted, including, for example, various concessionary travel passes, Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS) cards, and photocard parking permits issued as part of the Blue Badge scheme. In addition, expired photographic ID will be accepted as long as the photograph is of a good enough likeness to allow polling station staff to confirm the identity of the holder.</p><p>For any voter who does not have one of the required forms of photographic ID, a free, local Voter Card will be available from their local authority.</p><p>We will continue to work with the Electoral Commission and other stakeholders, including the Equalities and Human Rights Commission and a wide range of charities and civil society organisations, to make sure that Voter ID is rolled out in a way that is inclusive for all eligible voters.</p><p>Everyone who is eligible to vote will have the opportunity to do so.</p><p>As legislation is brought forward to enable the national roll out of Voter ID, appropriate impact assessments will be provided for Parliament in the normal way.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 29/04/2021 11:01:23 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith