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1122465

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Infant Mortality
	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 the child infant mortality rate in each National Statistics socio-economic classification category in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	246460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to <del class="ministerial">reply.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">reply and a table has been placed in the Library.</ins></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ 246460.pdf title UKSA Response 2 file name PQ 246460 - Table .xlsx title UKSA Response - Table 1 question first answered 29/04/2019 16:17:10 question first ministerially corrected 20/06/2019 15:16:26 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 115526 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ 246460.pdf title UKSA Response 2 file name PQ 246460 - Table .xlsx title UKSA Response - Table 1 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1142283

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of a pilot scheme allowing election-day voter registration in polling stations.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	282228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce election day registration. To work effectively and securely, it would require all polling stations in a constituency to be electronically linked and the register updated in real time to prevent anyone registering and voting in one<br />polling station and moving quickly to another to do the same. This would present considerable technical challenges and carry significant cost.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">Such a change would introduce uncertainties as to the register to be used for the election and undermine confidence in the process if candidates were unable to challenge any unusual trends in registration prior to Polling Day.</ins></p><p>Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) are legally responsible for determining who is eligible to vote in polls in their local areas. Coming to a determination can take time and cannot be done instantaneously.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 03/09/2019 09:22:51 question first ministerially corrected 05/09/2019 14:18:34 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 132660 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1131218

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Food Banks
	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 the number of Government Departments that plan to set up foodbanks in their offices.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	263052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">We are not aware that any department has plans to open a foodbank.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government is committed to ensuring our democracy is robust, trusted and open so all those who are eligible can participate with confidence. We have convened partners in local authorities and homeless charities to codesign and test ideas to address barriers to electoral registration for the homeless. These will be made available shortly on Gov.uk.</del></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 17/06/2019 13:16:18 question first ministerially corrected 27/06/2019 15:57:41 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden previous answer version 123008 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1680496

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Queen Elizabeth House
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff were employed at Queen Elizabeth House in each UK Government department or arms-length body (a) full time, (b) part time, (c) on a consultancy basis and (d) as civil servants as of 8 January 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	8470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The number of civil servants reported in post by government departments and executive agencies as at 31 March 2023 based in Queen Elizabeth House is presented in the table below. The postcode for Queen Elizabeth House, 1 Sibbald, Edinburgh is EH8 8FT.</p><p> </p><p>Information on consultants based or employed at Queen Elizabeth House is not centrally available.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Civil Servants whose postcode of government establishment or other workplace where employed or based is EH8 8FT, by civil service organisation and working pattern, as at 31 March 2023</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Civil Service Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount of all civil servants in full-time role</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount of all civil servants working in a part-time role</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total headcount of all civil servants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Building Digital UK</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cabinet Office (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Civil Service Fast Stream</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Competition and Markets Authority</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for International Trade</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Transport (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department of Health and Social Care (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Actuary’s Department</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Commercial Organisation</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health and Safety Executive</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Revenue and Customs (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>1,825</p></td><td><p>395</p></td><td><p>2,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home Office</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Justice (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland (incl. Office of the Advocate General for Scotland)</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">15</del> <ins class="ministerial">80</ins><del class="ministerial"><br /></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish Government (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,220</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>440</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,655</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Annual Civil Service Employment Statistics (ACSES), Cabinet Office<strong><br /></strong></p><p>[s] = confidential and suppressed due to small numbers of between 1 and 4.</p><p>Numbers are rounded to the nearest five.</p><p>Additional departments and their civil servants may be based/employed at Queen Elizabeth House but may not show in the data due to non-reporting of postcode information when reporting their locations information to Cabinet Office through ACSES.</p><p>The data in the table refers to civil service organisations and civil servants only. Data for non-civil service organisations are not available centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/01/2024 12:03:26 question first ministerially corrected 16/01/2024 15:32:11 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen previous answer version 11377 answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1151901

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Foreign Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has requested any (a) Ministers and (b) officials to investigate potential contacts between UK parliamentarians and foreign Governments.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	4315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to tightening up legislation so that foreign money cannot find its way into political campaigning and to tackle foreign lobbying. As such, Ministers and officials have been directed to consider the issue for consultation, which will be published in due course.</p><p><del class="ministerial">The public have a right to know who is funding campaigning and legislation in the context of Brexit.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Ministers believe this to be particularly pertinent in light of public concerns raised about the funding of campaigning and legislation against Brexit.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">I further refer the Hon. Member to a letter sent by the Cabinet Secretary to the Rt. Hon. Member for Beaconsfield (Dominic Grieve); a copy of this letter will be deposited in the library of both Houses.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">I also refer him to the answer to the Hon. Member for the Isle of Wight (Bob Seely), of 1 November 2019, Official Report, PQ 4350, on the assessment being undertaken of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on foreign agents’ registration.</ins></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/10/2019 17:58:06 question first ministerially corrected 05/11/2019 17:25:08 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 2285 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1174028

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Voting Rights: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend section 2(1)(c) of the Representation of the People Act 1983.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
	uin	8985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government has no plans to change the voting age, having been elected on a manifesto commitment to retain the voting age at 18.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The entitlement of resident Commonwealth and Irish citizens to vote reflects our close historical ties with Commonwealth countries and the reciprocal arrangements UK has with Ireland. The Government has no plans to alter these rights. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In relation to relevant citizens of the Union, I refer the Hon member to the answer which I gave to PQ <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-01-09/1802/" target="_blank">1802</a> on 29 January 2020.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Scottish Parliament is responsible for the franchise for local elections in Scotland. The Welsh Assembly is responsible for the franchise for local elections in Wales.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 05/02/2020 17:51:03 question first ministerially corrected 28/02/2020 13:18:38 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 5215 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1170925

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people under 24 years of age that are in (a) training, (b) employment and (c) education in (i) York Central constituency, (ii) York Unitary Authority and (iii) England.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	3832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>The data contained in the previous answer has been identified as incorrect. I have asked the UK Statistics Authority to provide an updated response.</strong></ins></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 20/01/2020 11:51:26 question first ministerially corrected 27/01/2020 16:44:40 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ3832 correction.pdf title UKSA Response (Amended) previous answer version 1533 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ3832.pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1193770

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Industrial Diseases: Death Certificates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many death certificates refer to industrial disease in (a) each year since 2010, (b) March and April 2019, and (c) March and April 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	44015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond. <ins class="ministerial">A copy of the UKSA response has been placed in the library of the House. </ins></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 12/05/2020 16:02:08 question first ministerially corrected 22/06/2020 14:25:42 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ44015 HR.pdf title UKSA Holding Response previous answer version 20701 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ44015 HR.pdf title UKSA Holding Response
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1111008

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Vote Leave: Election Offences
	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 Government policy to revoke Article 50 as a result of (a) the recent report of the Electoral Commission into the activities of Vote Leave, and (b) Vote Leave's decision to drop its appeal against alleged fraud committed during the EU referendum in 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
	tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
	uin	243518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The consultation Protecting the Debate: Intimidation, Influence and Information was launched last</del><br /><del class="ministerial">year. We are currently reviewing the responses and we will issue a response in due course.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Electoral Commission is the independent regulatory body responsible for ensuring that elections and referendums are run effectively and in accordance with the law. Where it has reason to believe that electoral law has been breached it has the power to investigate, impose sanctions, or refer to the police. The Government has no involvement with Electoral Commission investigations. The Electoral Commission has produced recommendations on campaign finance which the Government is considering. These are not specific to individual cases but are about the wider system.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Article 50 notification will not be withdrawn. The Government is committed to finding a way to fulfil the democratic decision of the referendum, deliver Brexit and move our country forward.</ins></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 15/04/2019 13:19:04 question first ministerially corrected 23/04/2019 09:20:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 113908 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1181523

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Digital Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has used the powers under section 52(1A) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 to require local authorities to keep electoral registers in a standardised digital format.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	uin	22431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has not issued a ministerial direction to require local authorities to keep electoral registers in a standardised digital format. However, the issue of a common standard for electoral register data has been discussed previously at meetings <del class="ministerial">of </del> <ins class="ministerial">between </ins>the Parliamentary Parties Panel<ins class="ministerial"> </ins><ins class="ministerial">and Cabinet Office officials</ins>.</p><p>This Panel is run by the Electoral Commission and gives representatives of the main political parties a forum to discuss issues affecting them. More information can be found at: <a href="https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/who-we-are/how-we-make-decisions/party-panels" target="_blank">https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/who-we-are/how-we-make-decisions/party-panels</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 04/03/2020 17:05:36 question first ministerially corrected 13/03/2020 10:45:24 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 10320 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain