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registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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 he is taking to increase voter registration among under-registered groups.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	904630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">I continue to have regular conversations with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the return of powers from Brussels to Holyrood following exit from the EU. Furthermore, we are both part of JMC(EN) where this, amongst other issues, has been discussed with the devolved administrations.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Our inaugural National Democracy Week in July is going to be a UK-wide event, intended to increase democratic engagement among a wide range of under-registered groups. Last Wednesday we launched its website and a youth engagement toolkit for parliamentarians and later this year will recruit and train youth Democracy Ambassadors.</ins></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/03/2018 16:01:12 question first ministerially corrected 03/04/2018 10:54:32 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 50507 answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

869354

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the work of (a) Cambridge Analytica, (b) Strategic Communications Laboratories and (c) Global Science Research on elections conducted in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	133868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Parliament is responsible for setting the rules in relation to campaigning, funding and spending at elections and referendums. It is for the Electoral Commission to regulate actively against these rules.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is an independent body and the detail of any investigations undertaken by the Electoral Commission is a matter for them.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 27/03/2018 16:58:50 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

869420

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Admiralty House: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent on repairs and maintenance of the Admiralty House flats in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	133934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could only be produced at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 27/03/2018 11:24:05 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

869513

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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 Minister for the Cabinet Office, how his Department plans to evaluate the voter ID pilot; what indicators will be used to measure the success of that pilot; what methods will be used to collect information related to that pilot; who will be responsible for implementing the evaluation plan; and how and when will the results of that evaluation will be shared.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	134027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The British public deserves to have confidence in our democracy and the Government is committed to making sure that our electoral system is fit for the future.</p><p>Woking, Gosport, Bromley, Swindon and Watford have committed to pilot voter ID in May 2018 and Tower Hamlets, Slough and Peterborough are piloting measures to improve the security of the postal vote process.</p><p>The pilot authorities, Cabinet Office and the Electoral Commission have worked collaboratively to agree what information will be collected from the pilots and how it will be collected.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is responsible for carrying out an independent, statutory evaluation of the pilot schemes and will publish its findings following the May elections, in the summer of 2018.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 134029 question first answered 27/03/2018 13:09:03 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

869515

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Absent Voting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how his Department plans to evaluate the postal vote pilots; what indicators will be used to measure the success of those pilots; what methods will be used to collect the information relating to those pilots; who will be responsible for implementing the evaluation plan; and how and when the results of that evaluation will be shared.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	134029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The British public deserves to have confidence in our democracy and the Government is committed to making sure that our electoral system is fit for the future.</p><p>Woking, Gosport, Bromley, Swindon and Watford have committed to pilot voter ID in May 2018 and Tower Hamlets, Slough and Peterborough are piloting measures to improve the security of the postal vote process.</p><p>The pilot authorities, Cabinet Office and the Electoral Commission have worked collaboratively to agree what information will be collected from the pilots and how it will be collected.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is responsible for carrying out an independent, statutory evaluation of the pilot schemes and will publish its findings following the May elections, in the summer of 2018.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 134027 question first answered 27/03/2018 13:09:03 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

868476

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Question 118569, tabled by the hon. Member for Edinburgh North and Leith on 11 December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	133696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer to PQ118569 given on 22nd March 2018.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 26/03/2018 08:51:52 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

868479

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Chequers: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much it is planned for the trustees of Chequers to receive any grant in aid over the next four years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	133699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>Decisions are made annually on the sum needed to run the estate and the costs of maintaining and repairing the Grade 1 listed building which the Trust has a responsibility to maintain. Ongoing considerations of income help to inform these decisions.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 26/03/2018 15:32:20 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

867373

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his response is to the recommendations regarding the burden upon regulators arising from the Regulatory Futures Review, published in January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	133348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Burdens on smaller regulators were raised in the <em>Regulatory Futures Review</em> with regard to the implementation of the 2016 Enterprise Act’s provisions for independent scrutiny of the impact on business of regulatory changes. The Public Accounts Committee also recommended an approach to assessing impacts (Recommendation 6 of its 2016-17 report on Better Regulation – HC 487). In light of both reports ministers modified the Better Regulation System to make it more proportionate for both departments and regulators as reflected in the <em>Interim Guidance on the Better Regulation</em> <em>Framework</em> published by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 22 February 2018.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 131980 question first answered 28/03/2018 15:57:12 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

867430

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Security Capability Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the timetable is for the publication of the National Security Capability Review.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	133405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The National Security Council has agreed the high-level findings of the National Security Capability Review. Ministers have agreed that we should finalise the National Security Capability Review with a view to publishing the conclusions in spring.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 26/03/2018 15:38:27 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

867448

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Equality
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 20 March 2018 to Question 128781, if he will set out the external stakeholders who were consulted on embedding diversity and inclusion in civil service work force plans and diversity and inclusion strategy.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	133423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-workforce-plan-2016-to-2020" target="_blank">Civil Service Workforce Plan</a> set out our ambition to becoming the most inclusive employer in the UK. In October 2017 The Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy set out our plan to achieve this.</p><p>In developing the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy officials engaged with a number of external groups. This included working with the Civil Service Diversity Expert Advisers, a range of expert organisations and employers networks where we tested and consulted on specific aspects of our strategy.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 26/03/2018 15:44:55 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan