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1122559

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Disinformation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking through the Government Digital Service to tackle the spread of fake news.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	910479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p><strong>Last year we launched the Rapid Response Unit to help government understand the increasingly complex online news environment, tackle false information (both misinformation and disinformation), and promote a fact-based public debate. To note, this work sits within the Government Communication Service, rather than the Government Digital Service.</strong></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 24/04/2019 15:11:35 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1077678

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Early Years Ministerial Group On Family Support
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions the ministerial group on family support has met since its inception on 27 July 2018.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	226113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Members of the Ministerial Group have met informally to discuss the work of the group and to hear from experts and the Chair also meets with members of the group individually. The Group has met twice formally since its inception in July 2018, once in November 2018 and once in February 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministerial Group Chair is supported by a private secretary who has portfolio responsibility from within the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons. The secretariat function for the Early Years Family Support Ministerial Group is provided by the Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat in the Cabinet Office. The group draws on resources from HM Treasury, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Education, Department for Health and Social Care, the Ministry of Housing, Communications, and Local Government, and Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 04/03/2019 10:36:58 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1077685

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Early Years Ministerial Group On Family Support
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials are assigned to work on the Ministerial Group on family support for conception to age two from the (a) Office of the Leader of the House of Commons, (b) HM Treasury, (c) Department for Work and Pensions, (d) Department for Education, (e) Department of Health and Social Care and (f) Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	226114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Members of the Ministerial Group have met informally to discuss the work of the group and to hear from experts and the Chair also meets with members of the group individually. The Group has met twice formally since its inception in July 2018, once in November 2018 and once in February 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministerial Group Chair is supported by a private secretary who has portfolio responsibility from within the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons. The secretariat function for the Early Years Family Support Ministerial Group is provided by the Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat in the Cabinet Office. The group draws on resources from HM Treasury, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Education, Department for Health and Social Care, the Ministry of Housing, Communications, and Local Government, and Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 04/03/2019 10:37:19 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

604693

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Childcare Implementation Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the Childcare Implementation Taskforce has met since its creation; and what the full attendance was at each such meeting.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	49176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>Information relating to the proceedings of Implementation Taskforces, including when and how often they meet is not disclosed as to do so could harm the frankness and candour of internal discussion.</p><p>The Government published a list of Cabinet Committees and Implementation Taskforces and their members on 18 October 2016. This can be found at the following web address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-cabinet-committees-system-and-list-of-cabinet-committees" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-cabinet-committees-system-and-list-of-cabinet-committees</a></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 26/10/2016 11:28:20 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

388509

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Lobbying: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has collected in fees for registering consultant lobbyists; how much he estimates his Department will collect in such fees in the first full year the register is in operation; what the running costs of the register have been to date; and what estimate he has made of the annual running costs of that register.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	6123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>Details of implementation costs for 2014/15, running costs for 2015/16 and the total income intended to be recovered from registrants in 2015/16 are outlined in the business plan published by the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/413521/ORCL_Business_Plan_2015-16.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/413521/ORCL_Business_Plan_2015-16.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 13/07/2015 16:28:14 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

384640

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many non-executive directors of his Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments he has made since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	3551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>None.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 29/06/2015 14:19:38 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

348516

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the breakdown is of the £17 million savings to his Department's budget.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	1251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office intends to deliver £17.4m savings through a reduction in programme budgets across the Department, and a range of efficiencies affecting administrative expenditure, reduced use of consultants and contractors, and estates efficiencies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/06/2015 15:00:13 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

348517

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2015 to Question 263, whether it remains his policy to reduce the number of parliamentary constituencies from 650 to 600.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	1274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies (PVSC) Act 2011 provides for the number of constituencies to be reduced from 650 to 600 and the Government remains committed to equalising the size of constituencies in order to make votes of more equal value. The Government will outline its plans for constituency boundaries when it responds to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee’s report, <em>What next on the redrawing of parliamentary constituency boundaries?</em>, in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Boundary Commissions are due to commence work on their next reviews of Parliamentary constituencies in spring 2016 in order to submit final reports by 1 October 2018. If approved, the new constituencies would take effect at the next General Election.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 1252 question first answered 09/06/2015 15:33:07 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

348518

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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, when he plans to enact the reduction in the number of seats in this House from 650 to 600.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	1252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies (PVSC) Act 2011 provides for the number of constituencies to be reduced from 650 to 600 and the Government remains committed to equalising the size of constituencies in order to make votes of more equal value. The Government will outline its plans for constituency boundaries when it responds to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee’s report, <em>What next on the redrawing of parliamentary constituency boundaries?</em>, in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Boundary Commissions are due to commence work on their next reviews of Parliamentary constituencies in spring 2016 in order to submit final reports by 1 October 2018. If approved, the new constituencies would take effect at the next General Election.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 1274 question first answered 09/06/2015 15:33:07 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

348519

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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 estimate he has made of changes to the number of people on the electoral register since the introduction of individual electoral registration; and what changes there have been to the age and demographic profiles of electors in that period.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	1250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The introduction of Individual Electoral Registration has made it easier than ever before for electors to register to vote through online registration.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission will be publishing a report this month on the electoral registers used for the General Election, providing the most up to date picture about registration levels.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 09/06/2015 15:30:41 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell