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771360

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to establish an online service to enable people to check if they are registered to vote.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	107941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Determining an individual’s registration status is the responsibility of Electoral Registration<br>Officers and only EROs hold up-to- date information allowing a citizen to check if they are<br>registered. This means that citizens can contact their local electoral administration office to<br>make enquiries about registration status.</p><p>Making information about registration status available on-line on a national basis would be<br>a significant undertaking and we have no current plans to introduce such a system. It may<br>be more appropriate for EROs to work with their software suppliers to make registers<br>available for checking on-line.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/10/2017 11:24:07 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

771362

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding was allocated by the Government to support (a) the registration of UK electors overseas and (b) residents without a fixed address in advance of the (i) 2017 General Election, (ii) EU referendum and (iii) 2015 General Election.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	107936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Most funding for electoral registration is the responsibility of local authorities. However, in<br>recent years (including all the years in question) the Cabinet Office has made available<br>extra funding to cover the additional costs of Individual Electoral Registration. Such<br>funding will have assisted with the cost of any targeted canvassing of groups such as<br>those without a fixed address or overseas electors. However it is not possible to estimate<br>the specific costs of such activity.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/10/2017 11:27:58 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

771363

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
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 ensure consistency in Unique Property Reference Numbers for the database used by councils and the gov.uk/register-to-vote website.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	107937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Citizens applying to register to vote using the Government website must enter their<br>address. After verification, citizen applications are passed to Electoral Registration<br>Officers. The record passed to each ERO includes the Unique Property Reference<br>Number (UPRN) drawn from an Ordnance Survey database. It is up to each ERO how to<br>make use of this UPRN.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/10/2017 11:26:05 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

771364

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what safeguards are in place to ensure that people registered to vote outside of the UK do not register in more than one parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	107938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>British citizens outside the UK can only register as an overseas elector in the constituency in which they were registered to vote, provided that entry was in force within 15 years of them making an overseas elector&amp;#39;s declaration. Section 2(4) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 prevents a person from specifying more than one address on the declaration; and also prevents a person from having more than one declaration in force at any one time.</p><p>Registration Officers have the power to request information required to prove this. Providing false information to a registration officer is an offence and for England and Wales can result in up to 51 weeks imprisonment or an unlimited fine, and for Scotland up to 6 months imprisonment or a maximum fine of £5,000.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/10/2017 10:54:21 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

771370

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government has taken to implement the recommendations of Sir Eric Pickles' review of electoral fraud entitled Securing the ballot, not including the voter ID pilots planned for the May 2018 local elections.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	108084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s view is that electoral fraud is unacceptable on any level. Sir Eric Pickles’ review made a number of recommendations for strengthening the integrity of the electoral process. In addition to the voter ID pilots taking place in the May 2018 elections, Tower Hamlets will also pilot changes to postal voting. The Government is also seeking to end the practice of postal vote harvesting through measures that will prohibit party campaigners from handling postal votes, and apply a limit to the number of postal ballots that any one individual can hand in at a polling station. Additionally, the Electoral Commission has addressed 7 recommendations through guidance in response to the Pickles Review.</p><p>The Government is considering the way forward on the other recommendations made by Sir Eric Pickles, and will continue to consider how to improve the integrity of electoral processes more generally.</p><p><strong><strong><strong></strong><br></strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/10/2017 11:20:18 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

770088

registered interest
date	13/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Constituencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to the public purse to date is of the Boundary Commission for England's 2018 Review.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	107681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The cost to the public purse of the Boundary Commission for England’s 2018 Review to date is £3.3 million.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 18/10/2017 09:58:55 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

769627

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the level of Government procurement from small and medium-sized enterprises.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	107413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>On 11<sup>th</sup> October 2017 we published the latest small and medium-sized enterprises’ spending performance figures:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/central-government-spend-with-smes-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/central-government-spend-with-smes-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>These show that government spent £12.2 bn in 2015-16 with small and medium sized enterprises, more than we have ever before recorded.</p><p>The Government remain committed to a challenging target to ensure that a third of their procurement spending is with small businesses by 2022, and we are continuing to take action to achieve that.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/10/2017 13:53:41 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

769804

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answers of 12 October 2017 to Question 105513 and of 12 September 2017 to Question 8360, what the reasons are for the time taken to launch the Government Property Agency; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	107644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p><strong>The Shadow Government Property Agency (GPA) is committed to delivering transformational change across government departments including hubs, IT and smarter working. To achieve this, the GPA continues to work closely with government departments to understand requirements in readiness for the robust delivery of property services and benefits to government. </strong></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/10/2017 13:51:24 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

768833

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of people have received fixed penalty notices for failing to register on the electoral register in each local authority area since June 2014.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	107079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold any information about the number of fixed penalty<br>notices issued relating to electoral registration. The issuing of fixed penalty notices is at<br>the discretion of individual Electoral Registration Officers, without the involvement of<br>central Government.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 18/10/2017 14:30:45 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

768862

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) groups and (b) organisations were involved in stakeholder consultation exercises as part of the Race Disparity Audit, broken down by (i) sector, (ii) race and (iii) ethnicity.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	107215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>All UK Government Departments, the Office for National Statistics, the UK Statistics Authority and all three Devolved Administrations have been consulted about the development of the Audit. Outside organisations consulted about the Race Disparity Audit are listed below. Data is not held on the race or ethnicity of individuals who were consulted.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Academic sector</strong></p><p>Academy Of Medical Sciences</p><p>Birkbeck College, University of London</p><p>Bristol University</p><p>British Academy</p><p>Huddersfield University</p><p>London School of Economics</p><p>NatCen Social Research</p><p>Royal Society</p><p>Sheffield University</p><p>Universities UK</p><p>University of Edinburgh</p><p>University of Essex</p><p>University of London</p><p>University of Manchester</p><p>University of Oxford</p><p>University of Sheffield</p><p> </p><p><strong>Non-Government Organisations</strong></p><p>Belong</p><p>BEMIS Scotland</p><p>Big Lottery Fund</p><p>Bite the Ballot</p><p>Black Thrive</p><p>Black Training and Enterprise Group</p><p>BME Health Forum</p><p>BRAP</p><p>British Heart Foundation</p><p>Business in the Community</p><p>Cancer Research UK</p><p>CEMVO Scotland</p><p>Changing the Chemistry (CtC)</p><p>Chinese Health Living Centre</p><p>Citizens Advice</p><p>Data Orchard</p><p>Education and Employers Taskforce</p><p>Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion</p><p>Equality and Diversity Forum</p><p>Equality and Human Rights Commission</p><p>Friends, Families and Travellers</p><p>FullFact</p><p>Gypsy Traveller Empowerment</p><p>Inclusion Cornwall</p><p>Institute for Public Policy Research</p><p>Joseph Rowntree Foundation</p><p>Kings Fund</p><p>National Black Women’s Network</p><p>Northern Ireland Council for Racial Equality</p><p>Office for Fair Access</p><p>Olmec</p><p>One Voice For Travellers</p><p>Open Data Institute</p><p>Operation Black Vote</p><p>QED UK</p><p>Race Equality Foundation</p><p>Race on the Agenda</p><p>RJ Working</p><p>Roma Support Group</p><p>Royal Academy of Engineering</p><p>Royal College of Psychiatrists</p><p>Runnymede Trust</p><p>St Giles Trust</p><p>The Leeds GATE</p><p>Voice 4 Change</p><p>Work Foundation</p><p>Young Foundation</p><p> </p><p><strong>Private sector</strong></p><p>Green Park Ltd</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Public sector</strong></p><p>Bradford City Council</p><p>Bradford College</p><p>Bradford Health and Well Being Board</p><p>Camden Council</p><p>City of London Academies Trust</p><p>Cornwall Council</p><p>Greater London Authority</p><p>Hackney Council</p><p>Haringey Council</p><p>Harris Federation</p><p>Higher Education Funding Council for England</p><p>Lambeth Council</p><p>Office for Students</p><p>NHS BME Network</p><p>NHS Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group</p><p>NHS Yorkshire and Humber Commissioning Support</p><p>Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust</p><p>Sheffield Council</p><p>South London and Maudsley NHS Trust</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 19/10/2017 08:57:28 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green previous answer version 15331 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan