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1148204

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Election Offences
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 plans to review the maximum fine that can be levied for breaching electoral law.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	294184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission is the independent regulatory body responsible for ensuring that elections and referendums are run effectively and in accordance with the law.</p><p>The Commission has civil sanctioning powers that apply to referendums and elections. More serious criminal matters can and are referred to the police, and then considered by a court of law.</p><p>The Electoral Commission has recommended that its sanctioning powers be increased and the Government is considering this.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/10/2019 08:52:19 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1148235

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections and Data Protection
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 discussions he has had with Ministers in his Department on (a) reform of electoral law and (b) data protection.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	294102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is taking a cross-Government approach to the safeguarding of our electoral processes through the Defending Democracy programme and we continue to work closely with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). This work is led within the Cabinet Office by the Minister for the Constitution, under the oversight of the Minister for the Cabinet Office.</p><p>The Government remains committed to ensuring our electoral law is fit for purpose, now and into the future. In May this year, the Government announced we would be launching a consultation on electoral integrity. As part of that, we are considering measures to strengthen the regulatory framework around elections and ensure they are fully up to date for a modern electoral system. We are also awaiting the publication of the final report from the Law Commission on their review of electoral law, which we understand will be published early next year, and will look at their recommendations and comments with interest.</p><p>DCMS is responsible for data protection policy and sponsors the independent regulator of the Data Protection Act 2018, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). The ICO are consulting on a draft framework code of practice for the use of personal data in political campaigning, which concluded on 04 October.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 294103 question first answered 08/10/2019 15:58:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1148236

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections and Data Protection
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on (a) data protection and (b) electoral reform.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	294103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is taking a cross-Government approach to the safeguarding of our electoral processes through the Defending Democracy programme and we continue to work closely with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). This work is led within the Cabinet Office by the Minister for the Constitution, under the oversight of the Minister for the Cabinet Office.</p><p>The Government remains committed to ensuring our electoral law is fit for purpose, now and into the future. In May this year, the Government announced we would be launching a consultation on electoral integrity. As part of that, we are considering measures to strengthen the regulatory framework around elections and ensure they are fully up to date for a modern electoral system. We are also awaiting the publication of the final report from the Law Commission on their review of electoral law, which we understand will be published early next year, and will look at their recommendations and comments with interest.</p><p>DCMS is responsible for data protection policy and sponsors the independent regulator of the Data Protection Act 2018, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). The ICO are consulting on a draft framework code of practice for the use of personal data in political campaigning, which concluded on 04 October.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 294102 question first answered 08/10/2019 15:58:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1148237

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Ministerial Duties
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) meetings and (b) subject matter of each such meeting he has attended on matters relating to his ministerial responsibilities since his appointment.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	294104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/10/2019 15:59:49 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1147723

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Dominic Cummings
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 Mr Dominic Cummings is included on the internal government distribution copy list for (a) Cabinet minutes, (b) Cabinet papers, (c) Cabinet Sub-Committee minutes, (d) Cabinet Sub-Committee papers, (e) National Security Council papers, (f) National Security Council minutes, (g) diplomatic telegrams and (h) the Government Communications grid.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	293593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>It is the practice of successive administrations not to comment on which officials have access to confidential information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/10/2019 14:01:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1147810

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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, how many times an end to end assessment and proposed actions has been prepared since 1 January 2018 in response to the effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal, and if he will place in the House of Commons library the most recent document.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	293594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Today (08/10/2019) The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster laid the No Deal Readiness Report in the Houses of Parliament. This document outlines how the Government is preparing for an outcome in which we leave without a deal.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/10/2019 16:06:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1147860

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Older People
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 his Department has made of the number of people over the age of 60 experiencing domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	293447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to respond.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/10/2019 16:24:55 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ293447.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1147898

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 291346 on the Get ready for Brexit campaign, if he will publish (a) the details of all contracts over £10,000 awarded by Manning Gottlieb OMD on behalf of the Government and (b) a list of where and when all Get ready for Brexit campaign events have been held.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	293503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has undertaken to publish information relating to ongoing expenditure as part of the department’s monthly data transparency releases. The published information will be available on a regular basis on GOV.UK here: (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data</a>)</p><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. The campaign has many direct and local elements including business roundtables, public meetings, ministerial visits and local authority events. A full list of the events that have taken place since the campaign launched on 1 September can be found at Annex A.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/10/2019 15:56:05 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name Annex A - Campaign Events .xlsx title ANNEX A
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1147914

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Committees
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 meetings each Cabinet committee has held since the Prime Minister took office.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	293662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Cabinet committees meet on a regular basis to discuss government business. Since the Prime Minister took office this has continued.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/10/2019 16:21:06 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1147930

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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, pursuant to Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 291438, for what reasons the postcodes where adverts for the Get Ready for Brexit campaign have been placed will not be published.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	293613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>All advertising locations for the “Get Ready for Brexit” campaign were selected to fit two criteria:</p><ol><li><p>to reach as many UK citizens and businesses as possible;</p></li><li><p>to ensure key messages are delivered to groups most likely to need to take action before the UK leaves the EU;</p></li></ol><p>Messages and audiences were identified and independent advertising agency partners recommended the most appropriate and effective channels and locations.</p><p>We do not publish the individual postcodes where adverts are placed for any government campaign.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 293614 293615 question first answered 07/10/2019 13:56:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders