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1150135

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Chief Data Officer
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, with reference to the Answer of 8 October to Question 293725 on Government Chief Data Officer, until what date the objective of appointing a Chief Data Officer by 2020 applies.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	1134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>No specific date has been set for the appointment, however the government remains committed to appointing within the timeframe set out in the Government Transformation Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 21/10/2019 13:50:57 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1150140

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Visual Impairment
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, what steps his Department has taken to improve electoral accessibility for voters with blindness following the decision of the High Court on 3 May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	1137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with the Accessibility of Elections Working Group to make an informed assessment of the most suitable options to take forward. Officials are due to hold a meeting on this topic with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) very soon</p><p>Work has been undertaken to revise guidance to electoral administrators and, with input from RNIB, to research technical solutions which will be further discussed at a dedicated sub-group.</p><p>We are also starting to bring forward measures following the Government’s response to the 2018 Call for Evidence on Access to Elections. Proposals were announced during the Queen’s Speech. This will include increasing the range of support available to voters with disabilities in polling stations and allowing a wider range of people (such as carers) to assist disabled voters in polling stations if needed.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 1138 60 question first answered 21/10/2019 14:06:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1150142

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Visual Impairment
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, how many meetings he has had with the RNIB since the 3 May 2019 decision of the High Court on electoral accessibility.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	1138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with the Accessibility of Elections Working Group to make an informed assessment of the most suitable options to take forward. Officials are due to hold a meeting on this topic with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) very soon</p><p>Work has been undertaken to revise guidance to electoral administrators and, with input from RNIB, to research technical solutions which will be further discussed at a dedicated sub-group.</p><p>We are also starting to bring forward measures following the Government’s response to the 2018 Call for Evidence on Access to Elections. Proposals were announced during the Queen’s Speech. This will include increasing the range of support available to voters with disabilities in polling stations and allowing a wider range of people (such as carers) to assist disabled voters in polling stations if needed.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 1137 60 question first answered 21/10/2019 14:06:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1148993

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the application process for a local electoral identity document will be; and how identity will be verified.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government will bring forward measures to introduce voter ID when parliamentary time allows.</p><p>As was the case in the 2018 and 2019 voter ID pilots, electors who do not have any of the required types of ID will be able to apply for a locally issued electoral identity document, free of charge. We will continue building on this experience and working with the pilot authorities who have tested voter ID, the Electoral Commission, and the Cabinet Office pilot and reference group to develop a process for national implementation.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 17/10/2019 10:38:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1148999

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
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, which 46 Government services were originally intended to be accessible through GOV.UK Verify by March 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Not all the services originally considering using <a href="http://gov.uk" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify are still in service, completed their digital transformation, or had well-evidenced need for digital identity. 21 services currently use <a href="http://gov.uk" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 21/10/2019 13:48:24 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1149002

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Correspondence
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, what recent correspondence he has received from each Gov.UK Verify provider on their continued participation in that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office, including ministers, is in regular contact with all GOV.UK Verify identity providers. For example, we held a roundtable in July 2019. Details of ministerial meetings are published as part of routine government transparency on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 21/10/2019 13:49:40 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1149062

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Databases
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 the call for public sector application programming interfaces will include the interoperability of databases containing citizens' data.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>There is an increased desire for standards and guidance for application programming interfaces (APIs) due to their increasing popularity and the benefits they offer to departments and their users. <br> <br>APIs are being used more frequently within government because they assist the interoperability of databases in an affordable and user-friendly way. <br> <br>While APIs allow interoperability to enable data sharing, in government they are programmed to only share small subsections of data or “attributes”, thereby protecting identity and limiting the specific data available.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 17/10/2019 10:41:07 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1147890

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Chief Digital Information Officer: Government Chief Data Officer
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, pursuant to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 291432, if he will list the job responsibilities of the Chief Data Officer role and how they will work with the Government Chief Digital Information Officer.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	293724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The role of Chief Data Officer will be outlined in due course.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 07/10/2019 14:19:37 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1147973

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Chief Data Officer
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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September to Question 286366 and with reference to page 10 of the Government Transformation Strategy, which Minister made the decision to extend the objective of appointing a Chief Data Officer from by 2020 to in 2020; and on what date that decision was made.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	293725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>No decision has been made regarding an extension of the objective of appointing a Chief Data Officer It remains our intention to appoint the Chief Data Officer in the timescales set out in the Government Transformation Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 08/10/2019 14:55:51 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1146506

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Chief Digital Information Officer: Government Chief Data Officer
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, what the working relationship will be between the Chief Digital Information Officer and the Chief Data Officer.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	291432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government Chief Digital and Information Officer (GCDIO) will lead HMG’s 17,000 strong DDaT community and be responsible for shaping and delivering HMG’s innovation and transformation strategies, the Chief Data Officer will work with the GCDIO to deliver this agenda.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 01/10/2019 13:06:38 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt