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1239524

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Identity Cards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans his Department has to introduce a national identity card.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	906896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce national identity cards.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 01/10/2020 14:41:43 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1239525

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the devolved Administrations on the UK's trade negotiations with the EU.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	James Grundy
uin	906897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government regularly engages the devolved administrations on the negotiations and preparations for the end of the transition period. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster chaired a meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee (EU Negotiations) on 3 September, attended by devolved administration Ministers, which included a discussion on readiness. I also chaired one of my regular meetings on readiness with devolved administration Ministers on 1 October. The Government remains committed to continuing this engagement.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 906906 question first answered 01/10/2020 17:06:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4843 label Biography information for James Grundy

1239636

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to help ensure that SMEs are awarded public procurement contracts.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	906901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government introduced a number of measures to address the barriers that SMEs face in the procurement process. Last financial year, we spent almost £2bn more than the previous year with SMEs.</p><p>Leaving the EU is an opportunity to further reform our procurement rules. We will cut red tape, drive innovation and make it easier for small businesses to win public sector business, delivering better value for taxpayers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 01/10/2020 14:52:17 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1239637

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with Ministers of the Scottish Government on preparations required for the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Allan Dorans
uin	906906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government regularly engages the devolved administrations on the negotiations and preparations for the end of the transition period. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster chaired a meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee (EU Negotiations) on 3 September, attended by devolved administration Ministers, which included a discussion on readiness. I also chaired one of my regular meetings on readiness with devolved administration Ministers on 1 October. The Government remains committed to continuing this engagement.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 906897 question first answered 01/10/2020 17:06:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4740 label Biography information for Allan Dorans

1238279

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Redundancy
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 (a) people and (b) people who are (i) women, (ii) disabled, (iii) BAME, (iv) under 25 years old, (v) who are over 55, (vi) who are over 60, (vii) who are over 65 years old have been made redundant in each month in 2020.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	96106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 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 Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 01/10/2020 16:42:17 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ96106.pdf title UKSA response PQ96106
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1238332

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Life Expectancy
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 trends in the level of life expectancy in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	96084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 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 question first answered 01/10/2020 16:43:18 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ96084.pdf title UKSA response PQ96084
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1237595

registered interest
date	24/09/2020
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, what steps he is taking to ensure that Article 8 of the Withdrawal Agreement is implemented in full.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	95166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The UK government is committed to implementing the Withdrawal Agreement, including Article 8.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/10/2020 15:45:58 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1236993

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
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, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Age UK and (b) other organisations representing older people and people with dementia on the potential effect of introducing mandatory voter ID on the ability of such groups of people to be able to vote.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	94457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>Requiring proof of identity to vote in a polling station will strengthen the integrity of our electoral system, and give the public confidence that our elections are secure and fit for the 21st century.</p><p>Both Electoral Commission and Cabinet Office evaluations show that the voter identification pilots were a success and the overwhelming majority of electors cast their vote without a problem. There was no indication that any consistent demographic was adversely affected by asking for identification to vote.</p><p>Photo identification has been required in Northern Ireland since 2003, when introduced by the last Labour Government. Labour Ministers told Parliament: “The measures will tackle electoral abuse effectively without disadvantaging honest voters.... [ensuring that] no one is disfranchised because of them ” (Hansard, 10 July 2001, Col. 739) and “the Government have no intention of taking away people’s democratic right to vote. If we believed that thousands of voters would not be able to vote because of this measure, we would not be introducing it at this time” (Lords Hansard, 1 April 2003, Col. 1247). There has been no adverse effect on turnout or participation by such groups since then.</p><p>The Government has taken due regard to the public sector equality duty. We will continue to work with the Electoral Commission and other stakeholders including charities and civil society organisations to make sure that such reforms are inclusive for all voters. I have met with charities representing those who are elderly, suffer from dementia, are LGBTQ+, are BAME and other groups. For any voter who does not have one of the required forms of photographic ID, a local elector ID will be available, free of charge, from their local authority.</p><p>ID is already requested normally and reasonably in many areas of life, including by many constituency Labour parties, who require voter identification to vote in Labour Party selection meetings. The Labour Party’s NEC also mandates two forms of ID for any members joining an association which is in special measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 94462 94531 question first answered 01/10/2020 08:27:05 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1236994

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Polling Stations
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 about the accessibility of polling stations to people with dementia.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	94458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone who is eligible can participate in our democracy. Local authorities are responsible for designating polling places and the law requires them to make sure that, as far as is practicable, these are accessible to the local community, including those voters with a disability.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 01/10/2020 08:28:37 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1236998

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
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, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of introducing mandatory voter ID on the ability of the Roma and Traveller community to vote.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	94462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>Requiring proof of identity to vote in a polling station will strengthen the integrity of our electoral system, and give the public confidence that our elections are secure and fit for the 21st century.</p><p>Both Electoral Commission and Cabinet Office evaluations show that the voter identification pilots were a success and the overwhelming majority of electors cast their vote without a problem. There was no indication that any consistent demographic was adversely affected by asking for identification to vote.</p><p>Photo identification has been required in Northern Ireland since 2003, when introduced by the last Labour Government. Labour Ministers told Parliament: “The measures will tackle electoral abuse effectively without disadvantaging honest voters.... [ensuring that] no one is disfranchised because of them ” (Hansard, 10 July 2001, Col. 739) and “the Government have no intention of taking away people’s democratic right to vote. If we believed that thousands of voters would not be able to vote because of this measure, we would not be introducing it at this time” (Lords Hansard, 1 April 2003, Col. 1247). There has been no adverse effect on turnout or participation by such groups since then.</p><p>The Government has taken due regard to the public sector equality duty. We will continue to work with the Electoral Commission and other stakeholders including charities and civil society organisations to make sure that such reforms are inclusive for all voters. I have met with charities representing those who are elderly, suffer from dementia, are LGBTQ+, are BAME and other groups. For any voter who does not have one of the required forms of photographic ID, a local elector ID will be available, free of charge, from their local authority.</p><p>ID is already requested normally and reasonably in many areas of life, including by many constituency Labour parties, who require voter identification to vote in Labour Party selection meetings. The Labour Party’s NEC also mandates two forms of ID for any members joining an association which is in special measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 94457 94531 question first answered 01/10/2020 08:27:05 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith