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873474

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	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	904624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>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.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/03/2018 16:07:22 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

873475

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: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet office, what steps his Department has taken to make it easier for victims and survivors of domestic violence to register to vote anonymously.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	904625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Legislation has come into force this month making it easier to register to vote anonymously.</p><p>When registering, survivors can now provide evidence from a broader range of professionals to reflect their experiences. This includes sworn statements from refuge managers that their safety would be at risk if their details appeared on the register.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/03/2018 16:08:29 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

873476

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	Devolution: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on devolving powers to the Scottish Parliament after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Mr Alister Jack
uin	904631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>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.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 28/03/2018 16:06:04 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack

873488

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

872616

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Breast Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women have been diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	134430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 05/04/2018 10:13:12 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ_134430.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

872619

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brain: Tumours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were diagnosed with brain tumours in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	134433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 05/04/2018 10:11:22 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ_134433.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

872629

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
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, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Defence of 20 March 2018, Official Report [HL], column 20GC, whether the Government plans to publish the National Security Capability Review at Easter 2018.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	134443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2018 answer text <p>The NSCR was published on Wednesday 28 March. The Prime Minister made a Written Ministerial Statement and the document is available on gov.uk: (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-security-capability-review-nscr" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-security-capability-review-nscr</a>).</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 17/04/2018 14:18:47 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

872746

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a ranked list of Departments in order of the proportion of Named Day Questions which they answered on that Named Day excluding holding answers in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	134559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Commons Procedure Committee monitors performance on departments’ response rates to Parliamentary Questions and publishes results on a sessional basis. The latest report for Session 2016-17 was published on the Committee’s website on 15<sup>th</sup> December 2017. Similar reports are available for previous Sessions.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 16/04/2018 09:36:17 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

872814

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Census: Jainism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will request that the Office for National Statistics include in the faiths section of the next census a box specifically for those who are Jains to register their faith; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	134627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 05/04/2018 10:12:20 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ134627.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

872991

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what structures are in place to ensure consistency of quality across departments in responding to Questions for Written Answer in line with constitutional norms, especially regarding the need to be "as open as possible" in answering (LJ (1996–97) 404).
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>It is for individual Departments to ensure that written Parliamentary Questions (PQs) are answered in line with the Ministerial Code.</p><p>The Ministerial Code sets out that Ministers must give accurate and truthful information to Parliament. It also states that Ministers should be as open as possible with Parliament. The Cabinet Office produces guidance to officials on drafting answers to PQs. This is available on GOV.UK;</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drafting-answers-to-parliamentary-questions-guidance. A Minister may refuse to answer a question on the grounds of unreasonable or disproportionate cost of researching an answer.</p><p>The Leader of the House of Lords’ Office oversees Departments’ performance and the quality of answers in response to Peers questions. Internal committees of both Houses conduct similar scrutiny of Departmental performance in responding to PQs.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 16/04/2018 13:51:35 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool