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731713

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	House of Lords: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on reform of the House of Lords.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>As set out in the Conservative manifesto, although comprehensive reform is not a priority, we are committed to ensure that the House of Lords continues to fulfil its constitutional role as a revising and scrutinising chamber which respects the primacy of the House of Commons. We will continue to work to ensure the work of the House of Lords remains relevant and effective by addressing issues such as its size.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 28/06/2017 16:11:37 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

731714

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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 his policy is on the 2018 constituency boundary review.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government's manifesto re-affirms the commitment to deliver equal and updated boundaries and reduce the size of the House of Commons.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Following laws already passed by Parliament, the independent and impartial Boundary Commissions are consulting on their proposals to deliver the boundary changes, and they will submit their final proposals to Parliament in autumn 2018. These reforms will ensure fair and equal representation for the voting public across the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>Equalising the size of constituencies in the Boundary Review will ensure everyone’s vote will carry equal weight. Without such boundary reforms, MPs could end up representing constituencies based on data that is over 20 years’ old, disregarding significant changes in demographics, house building and migration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 29/06/2017 15:53:42 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

731759

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Polling Stations: British Nationals Abroad
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 value of using overseas diplomatic facilities as polling stations, to help electors living abroad to vote.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to establish polling stations in other countries in the foreseeable future. However, the Government previously took action to make postal voting a more feasible option for overseas voters by lengthening the electoral timetable and removing the restriction on issuing postal votes ahead of the postal vote application deadline. Overseas voters can also appoint a proxy voter in the United Kingdom on their behalf. Introducing the use of embassies or consulates as polling stations would raise logistical and security issues in delivering, returning and counting ballot papers from embassies.</p><p><strong><br></strong>Rapid international postal services are not used to send postal ballot packs to overseas electors in order to keep the cost to the public purse reasonable when administering national elections. We will assess the balance between cost-effectiveness, and the importance of ensuring that overseas voters are able to engage in the democratic process, further in advance of future elections.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 685 question first answered 29/06/2017 15:56:42 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

731771

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what percentage of the UK's agricultural workforce in 2016 were non-British nationals.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 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 Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 27/06/2017 14:58:03 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ649 final.pdf title UKSA Response to PQ649
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

731782

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Absent Voting: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will provide funding to local authorities to use rapid international postal services to send postal ballot packs to overseas electors, in particular where an election occurs unexpectedly.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to establish polling stations in other countries in the foreseeable future. However, the Government previously took action to make postal voting a more feasible option for overseas voters by lengthening the electoral timetable and removing the restriction on issuing postal votes ahead of the postal vote application deadline. Overseas voters can also appoint a proxy voter in the United Kingdom on their behalf. Introducing the use of embassies or consulates as polling stations would raise logistical and security issues in delivering, returning and counting ballot papers from embassies.</p><p><strong><br></strong>Rapid international postal services are not used to send postal ballot packs to overseas electors in order to keep the cost to the public purse reasonable when administering national elections. We will assess the balance between cost-effectiveness, and the importance of ensuring that overseas voters are able to engage in the democratic process, further in advance of future elections.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 579 question first answered 29/06/2017 15:56:42 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

731789

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voting Rights: Young People
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 bring forward proposals to reduce the age for eligibility to vote in elections to 16.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government stated in its manifesto a commitment to maintain the voting age at 18. The Government therefore has no plans to lower the voting age in elections.<strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 28/06/2017 16:34:17 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

731815

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	General Election 2017
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of postal votes were defined as spoiled ballots in the General Election 2017.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission will be publishing, in due course, a report on the General Election held on 8 June 2017 which we expect will include data on the number of postal votes cast at the General Election and information on rejected postal votes.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 862 question first answered 27/06/2017 12:34:03 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

731822

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	General Election 2017
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of votes cast in the General Election 2017 were cast by absentee ballots.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission will be publishing, in due course, a report on the General Election held on 8 June 2017 which we expect will include data on the number of postal votes cast at the General Election and information on rejected postal votes.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 788 question first answered 27/06/2017 12:34:03 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

731826

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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 new voters were added to the electoral register after the General Election 2017 was announced; and whether the change in the number of people registered to vote will affect the work of the Electoral Commission in its review of parliamentary constituencies.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission intends to publish data on the number of new electors added to the register at the election in due course.</p><p>The Government's manifesto re-affirms the commitment to deliver equal and updated boundaries and reduce the size of the House of Commons.</p><p>Following laws already passed by Parliament, which provided that the current Boundary Review should be based on the electoral registers from 2015, the independent and impartial Boundary Commissions are consulting on their proposals to deliver the boundary changes, and they will submit their final proposals to Parliament in autumn 2018. These reforms will ensure fair and equal representation for the voting public across the United Kingdom.</p><p>Equalising the size of constituencies in the Boundary Review will ensure everyone’s vote will carry equal weight. Without such boundary reforms, MPs could end up representing constituencies based on data that is over 20 years’ old, disregarding significant changes in demographics, house building and migration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 27/06/2017 12:38:41 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

731877

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Department have worked on the Red Tape Challenge project since its inception; and what the paygrade was of those staff.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The Red Tape Challenge Team was based in the Cabinet Office between April 2011 and December 2016. In January 2017, the function was transferred to the Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy.</p><p>For the period from inception and while it was based in Cabinet Office, the headcount by payband were as follows;</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Payband Headcount</p><p>SCS1 3</p><p>Grade 7 6</p><p>HEO/SEO 25</p><p>EO 2</p><p>AO 1</p><p><strong>Total 37</strong></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/06/2017 16:59:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes previous answer version 398 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett