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date	10/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Absent Voting: Fraud
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 tackle postal vote fraud.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	275735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>Electoral fraud is unacceptable on any level. There are already measures in place designed to enhance the security of postal voting.</p><p>In response to (the then) Sir Eric Pickles report on electoral fraud, the Government accepted recommendations to strengthen the postal vote system and, in line with our manifesto commitment, we are working to reform postal voting to ensure our elections are secure.</p><p>The Government will look for opportunities to introduce measures that will restrict the handling of postal votes by people who may seek to abuse or subvert them. We will also look to introduce controls on the return of postal votes via polling stations, which has been a cause for concern in past elections.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 16/07/2019 14:08:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1138141

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Departmental Coordination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister or official is responsible for ensuring cross-governmental compliance with the Minimum Cyber Security Standard.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	275829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>I am accountable to Parliament for the National Cyber Security Strategy and the accompanying investment programme. I am also the lead Minister for the cyber resilience of the government sector.</p><p>The Government Chief Security Officer (GCSO) leads the Government Security Function, which seeks to build the capacity and capabilities of security professionals across UK government departments, covering physical, human and information security.</p><p>The GCSO is also Director General of the Government Security Group within the Cabinet Office, which is responsible for the oversight, coordination and delivery of protective security capabilities within all central government departments, their agencies and arms-length bodies.</p><p>The responsibility for security, including risk management and policy implementation, sits with the Accounting Officer and the executive board of each department.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 15/07/2019 12:46:22 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1138204

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants working for central Government departments in each pay band were based in each (a) nation and (b) region of the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	275692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>This information has been placed in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 16/07/2019 14:07:29 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane