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794313

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Emigration: Zimbabwe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate his Department has made of the size of the Zimbabwean diaspora in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	115286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 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 Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 28/11/2017 16:11:57 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ115286.pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

793225

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to improve levels of confidence in the electoral process.
tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
tabling member printed	Mims Davies
uin	901973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p><strong>The Government treat the integrity of our democratic processes extremely seriously. The Government continue work to deliver voter identification pilots in May 2018 local elections, look for opportunities to end postal vote harvesting and to tackle the threat of disinformation and propaganda.</strong></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 22/11/2017 14:43:12 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies

793230

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the voting age to sixteen.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	901978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p><strong>The Government has no plans to lower the voting age, but welcomes the ongoing discussions about this issue. This House has repeatedly debated and then voted against lowering the voting age. Only a handful of countries worldwide allow 16 year olds to vote.</strong></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 22/11/2017 14:47:36 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

793082

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cervical Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Cabinet Office, what change there has been in the number of deaths caused by cervical cancer in England in the last five years, broken down by age group; what strains of HPV have been identified as causes of death; and how many of those deaths occurred for women who had been vaccinated against HPV.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	114867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 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 Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 28/11/2017 16:12:35 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ114867.pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

788381

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that (a) young people, (b) students, (c) people with disabilities and (d) people from minority ethnic groups are not disenfranchised as a result of voter ID pilots.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	112479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities best understand the needs of their electors and each pilot will reflect its preference for the form and combination of ID. Each pilot is working closely and collaboratively with the Cabinet Office to ensure that every eligible elector is able to identify themselves before voting. Each pilot authority is undertaking an equality impact assessment to ensure that the needs of its voters are understood and that voters are not disenfranchised.</p><p> </p><p>We want to ensure the system is safe and secure. It is not acceptable that anyone should be disenfranchised from the process.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 16/11/2017 16:04:22 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

788382

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Absent Voting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit the handling of postal ballots by campaigners for political parties.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	112480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The review by Sir Eric Pickles into electoral fraud considered postal voting and identified a number of areas in which the existing rules around postal voting at elections could be tightened.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Following this, the Government will look for opportunities to introduce measures that will prohibit party campaigners from handling postal votes, and apply a limit to the number of postal ballots that any one individual can hand in at a polling station. Our intention would be for the provisions to be backed up by a new offence, and will make a significant contribution to enhancing the security of postal voting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 16/11/2017 16:05:44 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

788386

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance he has issued to the Elections Claims Unit on the publication of communications or queries relating to expenses for previous polls during subsequent polls.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	112484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p><strong>Cabinet Office officials advised the Association of Electoral Administrators that correspondence relating to expenses claims for previous polls would continue to be sent out by the Elections Claims Unit (ECU) during the period running up to the general election, in June 2017, on the basis that an immediate response would not be required and a longer deadline than normal would be set. This was to allow the ECU to continue their work on the scrutiny and settlement process for claims relating to the 2016 Police and Crime Commissioner election and the 2016 EU Referendum. </strong></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 16/11/2017 16:11:13 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

788387

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Deposits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the period to return deposits to one calendar week after the date of a poll.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	112485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Currently, Returning Officers at UK Parliamentary elections are required to return deposits no later than the next working day after that on which the result of the election is declared. We are not seeking to amend this requirement at present which is set out in primary legislation. The Government is continuing to consider how to improve electoral processes, and will keep this matter under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 16/11/2017 16:10:31 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

788388

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the level of understanding of democracy and the UK political system in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	112526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making our democracy work for all. Later this year we will publish a Democratic Engagement Strategy which will include a summary of evidence on democratic engagement and set out future plans, such as the National Democracy Week scheduled to take place July 2018.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 16/11/2017 16:12:32 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

788389

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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 representations his Department has received on the votes at 16 campaign.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	112527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has received a wide range of representations on the issue of voting age from individuals across age groups, including school children doing research projects as well as from MPs and Local Government institutions on behalf of their constituents. There has been a noticeable increase in such communication in the last month, in the run up to and following the debate on the Representation of the People (Young People’s Enfranchisement and Education) Private Member’s Bill, which took place on 3 November 2017. There is no consensus across received representations - some letters support lowering the voting age and others do not.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 16/11/2017 16:11:52 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane