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1150971

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Parliament and Local Government: Elections
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 implications for his policies of the conclusions of the report entitled, May 2019 European Parliamentary elections and local elections, published by the Electoral Commission in October 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	2807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government will carefully consider the Electoral Commission's report and respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/10/2019 13:47:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1151123

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Offshore Funds
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 rules that govern the use of offshore bank accounts by (a) Government Ministers, (b) Senior Civil Servants and (c) Directors of Government-controlled companies.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	2887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>All public office holders are expected to comply with the law as it applies to offshore banking activity.</p><p>Ministers and Civil Servants must also uphold the standards of conduct as set out in the Ministerial and Civil Service Code respectively, as well as the seven principles of public life.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/10/2019 09:31:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1151153

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Employment: Essex
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 and what proportion of working people in (a) Romford constituency and (b) Essex were employed in the public sector in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	2897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 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 Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 2898 question first answered 25/10/2019 13:18:13 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name 2019.10.23 - PQ - 2897 and 2898 - UKSA.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1150390

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to encourage more people to vote in elections.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Individual Electoral Registration (IER) and online registration have transformed electoral registration, making it easier than ever before to register to vote. The register for the 2017 General Election was, at 46.8 million, the largest ever.</p><p>The Government is working hard to ensure that Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) have the tools to ensure that electoral registers are complete and accurate. We have developed a range of resources which we have made available to the electoral community and we are convening partners to transfer our knowledge, evidence and resources so they are equipped to tackle barriers to registration for under-registered groups and deliver democratic engagement activities.</p><p>The Government also continues to work with the Cabinet Office-chaired Accessibility of Elections Working Group to make elections more accessible to disabled people. We are also starting to bring forward measures that respond to issues raised in the Government’s response to the 2018 Call for Evidence on Access to Elections, with the proposals announced as part of the package around the Queen’s Speech.</p><p>It is for candidates and political parties to encourage people to vote in elections.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/10/2019 16:58:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1150391

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Disability
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 he is taking to ensure that disabled people are able to vote in elections (a) confidentially and (b) easily.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with the Cabinet Office chaired Accessibility of Elections Working Group to make elections more accessible to disabled people. Work has already been undertaken with Mencap and the Electoral Commission to produce Easy Read guides for registration and voting at recent polls, and we have worked with the Electoral Commission to update its guidance for Returning Officers and polling station staff.</p><p>We are also starting to bring forward measures which respond to issues raised in the Government’s response to the 2018 Call for Evidence on Access to Elections, with the proposals announced as part of the package around the Queen’s Speech. These will include increasing the range of support available to voters with disabilities in polling stations and allowing a wider range of people (such as carers) to assist disabled voters in polling stations if needed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/10/2019 16:59:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1150395

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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 proportion of the money allocated from the public purse to the Government's Get Ready for Brexit campaign was spent on advertisements in (a) London, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Leeds, (d) Chester, (e) Paris and (f) Berlin.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	1712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>In law the UK is set to leave the EU on 31 October 2019. “Get Ready for Brexit” is a public information campaign providing 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 ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign is running across television, social media, billboards and other platforms. It also has many direct and local elements including business roundtables, public meetings, ministerial visits and local authority events. Campaign activity is ongoing across the UK and in multiple EU countries.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has undertaken to publish information relating to ongoing expenditure on the public information campaign as part of the department’s monthly data transparency releases. We will undertake a regional breakdown of expenditure once the campaign has concluded and will be published on GOV.UK here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data)</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/10/2019 16:59:11 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1150498

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Police and Crime Commissioners: Elections
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 additional cost of delivering the local and Police and Crime Commissioner elections in May 2020 as a result of the May bank holiday change; and what steps the Government is taking to ensure that sufficient funding is made available for electoral administrators to cater for additional costs.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	1722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that there may be additional costs incurred by local authorities in the running of elections next May as a consequence of the move of the early Bank Holiday from 4 to 8 May in order to recognise the 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day. We have asked local authority Returning Officers to provide estimates of these costs so that additional monies can be assessed and made available to them to cover the costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/10/2019 16:59:29 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1150530

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Business: Costs
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 businesses have annual employment costs of (a) £3 million to £20 million, (b) £20 million to £40 million and (c) more than £40 million; and what the total employment costs are for businesses in each of those categories.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	1704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 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 Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/10/2019 10:36:43 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ 1704.pdf title PQ 1704
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey