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1150079

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Census: Sikhs
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 Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 291409 on Census: Sikhs, what estimate he has made of the number of people among the 20 million that answered no religion or did not answer the optional religious question in the 2011 census who belong to the Sikh ethnic group.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	1117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 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 24/10/2019 15:22:48 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ1117.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1150140

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: 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 has taken to improve electoral accessibility for voters with blindness following the decision of the High Court on 3 May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	1137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with the Accessibility of Elections Working Group to make an informed assessment of the most suitable options to take forward. Officials are due to hold a meeting on this topic with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) very soon</p><p>Work has been undertaken to revise guidance to electoral administrators and, with input from RNIB, to research technical solutions which will be further discussed at a dedicated sub-group.</p><p>We are also starting to bring forward measures following the Government’s response to the 2018 Call for Evidence on Access to Elections. Proposals were announced during the Queen’s Speech. This 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> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 1138 60 question first answered 21/10/2019 14:06:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1150142

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: 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, how many meetings he has had with the RNIB since the 3 May 2019 decision of the High Court on electoral accessibility.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	1138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with the Accessibility of Elections Working Group to make an informed assessment of the most suitable options to take forward. Officials are due to hold a meeting on this topic with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) very soon</p><p>Work has been undertaken to revise guidance to electoral administrators and, with input from RNIB, to research technical solutions which will be further discussed at a dedicated sub-group.</p><p>We are also starting to bring forward measures following the Government’s response to the 2018 Call for Evidence on Access to Elections. Proposals were announced during the Queen’s Speech. This 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> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 1137 60 question first answered 21/10/2019 14:06:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1149283

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Homelessness: 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, if he will place in the Library data on the number of homeless people (a) in receipt and (b) not in receipt of benefits that have died in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 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 21/10/2019 13:54:14 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ 426.pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1149382

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
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 (a) local authorities or (b) Government will bear the cost of producing a local electoral identity document.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government will bring forward measures to introduce voter ID when parliamentary time allows.</p><p>As was the case in the 2018 and 2019 voter ID pilots, electors who do not have any of the required types of ID will be able to apply for a locally issued electoral identity document, free of charge.</p><p>Funding for the additional cost of producing locally issued electoral identity documents will be provided by the Government.</p><p>We will continue working with the pilot authorities who have tested voter ID, the Electoral Commission, and the Cabinet Office pilot and reference group to develop a secure and accessible process for national implementation.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/10/2019 14:08:13 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1149404

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
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 much his Department has spent from the public purse on voter ID pilot schemes.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Voter ID is part of a body of work this Government is delivering to strengthen the integrity of our electoral system and give the public confidence our elections are secure and fit for the 21st century. The pilots were run to give us a deeper understanding of how voter ID will work on a wider scale - and what works best for voters - before national roll-out.</p><p>The costs of testing models of voter ID as part of the 2018 pilots have already been published and the costs of testing voter ID as part of the 2019 pilots will be published when all accounts with the piloting authorities have been settled.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 618 question first answered 21/10/2019 14:02:52 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1149408

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
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 evaluation of Voter ID Pilots 2019, published in July 2019, if he will publish the cost data from all pilot authorities.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Voter ID is part of a body of work this Government is delivering to strengthen the integrity of our electoral system and give the public confidence our elections are secure and fit for the 21st century. The pilots were run to give us a deeper understanding of how voter ID will work on a wider scale - and what works best for voters - before national roll-out.</p><p>The costs of testing models of voter ID as part of the 2018 pilots have already been published and the costs of testing voter ID as part of the 2019 pilots will be published when all accounts with the piloting authorities have been settled.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 434 question first answered 21/10/2019 14:02:52 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1148771

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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 assessment he has made of the effect on the Government’s Get Ready for Brexit campaign of seeking an extension to Article 50 as required under the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019; and what plans he has to (a) change and (b) end that campaign if an extension to Article 50 is agreed.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The EU Withdrawal (No.2) Act cannot require the EU to agree an extension. It remains the case in law that the UK is set to leave the EU on 31 October 2019.</p><p>The Act set conditions on the Government if a deal had not been reached with the EU by 19 October or Parliament had not voted to leave without a deal. It is still the case any extension has to be approved unanimously by the EU27. If this unanimity is not forthcoming the UK will leave the EU on 31 October.</p><p>On this basis, it is important that businesses and citizens continue to prepare themselves for leaving the EU on 31 October and do not assume they can put off preparations until a later date. As a responsible Government, it is vital that we provide the information people and businesses need to prepare.</p><p>The “Get Ready for Brexit” campaign is a public information campaign providing citizens and businesses with the facts they need to know to be able to prepare for Brexit.</p><p>The campaign is a cross-government campaign which uses national advertising including TV, radio, press, digital and outdoor advertising. It also includes direct engagement and local elements including business preparedness events, ministerial visits and local authority activity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/10/2019 16:42:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1148906

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office
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 (a) members of the Cabinet and (b) their predecessors have had with EU officials in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	87
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The requested information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 17/10/2019 10:32:34 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1148970

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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 plans his Department has to consult (a) the electoral commission, (b) the electoral reform society, (c) Bite the Ballot, (d) Operation Black Vote and (e) other third sector organisations on the Government's proposed bill on electoral integrity.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	57
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>Throughout the development of our work on electoral integrity we have consulted with a broad range of representative groups, charities and civil society organisations. We will continue consultation with all of these organisations, keeping Public Sector Equality Duty compliance at the core of our planning for the roll out of voter ID in Great Britain.</p><p>We have successfully conducted 15 local authority pilots, and will continue to work closely with the Electoral Commission and other organisations expert in the delivery of elections. We will continue to welcome the views of all stakeholders with an interest in voter ID as we take forward measures to improve the integrity and accessibility of our elections.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 17/10/2019 10:36:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane