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1020275

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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, with reference to section 8 of his Department's policy statement, Proposals for reform of the annual canvass, published on 5 October 2018, how his Department defines potential electors.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	199441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) sometimes have information to indicate that a person is resident at a given address but is not yet registered to vote at that address. Such people are pending or potential electors.</p><p> </p><p>The information indicating that an elector is resident at an address could have come from various sources. For example, it may have been provided by the potential elector themselves, if they have applied to register to vote but their application has not yet been determined. Alternatively, their name might have been added to a Household Enquiry Form returned to the ERO as part of the annual canvass. Or the ERO may have obtained information from local data sources, such as council tax records. Individual citizens can only be added to the register once they have completed an application which allows the ERO to determine their eligibility.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 10/12/2018 17:23:04 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1020278

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to respond to the letter of 6 November 2018 from the hon. Member for Glasgow Central on the issue of fireworks.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	199440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>I have replied to the hon. Member. My office will be in touch shortly to schedule the meeting referred to.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 10/12/2018 17:52:26 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1020281

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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, with reference to section 9 of his Department's policy statement, Proposals for reform of the annual canvass, published on 5 October 2018, how the Behavioural Insight Team has been involved in communications and the design of registration forms.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	199442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission (EC) has responsibility for designing registration forms, which are subject to the approval of the Minister for the Cabinet Office following consultation with the Scottish Ministers in respect of forms for use in Scotland and the Welsh Ministers in respect of forms for use in Wales.</p><p>We are working closely with the Electoral Commission on the implementation of canvass reform. Canvass reform will lead to new requirements for canvass forms. We understand the EC intends to undertake user testing on the new forms, with a view to making sure the forms are as clear as possible for the citizen.</p><p>The Electoral Commission has worked with the Behavioural Insight Team on certain forms of registration correspondence. Information is available here: https://www.behaviouralinsights.co.uk/trial-results/improving-the-annual-electoral-canvass/</p><p>EROs are free to offer a range of ways to respond to a Higher Education Framework. Currently, many EROs offer text message, online and paper-based response methods. As part of canvass reform, we intend to with EROs and the Electoral Commission to make sure it is as easy as possible for citizens to respond to requests for information from their local ERO.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 199444 question first answered 10/12/2018 17:49:15 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1020284

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	British Overseas Territories: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of rebuilding efforts in the British Overseas Territories as a result of hurricane damage in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	199287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK provided £92 million in response to the damage inflicted by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, and matched public donations to the British Red Cross Appeal up to a total of £3 million.</p><p>£72 million of the immediate response and early recovery funding was allocated to the UK Overseas Territories. This was managed through the cross-Whitehall Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF). The UK provided £35m for immediate humanitarian assistance and for reconstruction on Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda. The UK has also committed £19m towards longer term hurricane and disaster resilience work in the region.</p><p>On 27 November 2017 the Prime Minister announced a further £70 million package of support for the affected Overseas Territories to be delivered over the next three years, supplemented by up to £300 million of loan guarantees. The £70 million long term recovery and reconstruction package is also being managed by the CSSF.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 10/12/2018 17:23:47 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1020287

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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, with reference to section 9 of his Department's policy statement, Proposals for reform of the annual canvass, published on 5 October 2018, what steps the Government plans to take to increase registration in the number of attainers; and if the Government will reinstate a separate section for 16 to 17 years olds in the Household Enquiry Form.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	199443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to building a democracy that works for everyone. Throughout 2018 we have taken steps to promote democratic engagement amongst young people in particular, including attainers. By making use of the Suffrage Fund, we have delivered three specific projects. These are the Democracy Ambassadors Scheme to recruit and train youth democracy ambassadors, the development and publication of a toolkit for parliamentarians to engage young people and a new secondary schools resource (www.suffrageresources.org.uk).</p><p> </p><p>Our Register to Vote website is widely used by young people: over 7.3 million online applications have been submitted by 16-24 year olds since 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission (EC) has responsibility for designing registration forms, which are subject to the approval of the Minister for the Cabinet Office following consultation with the Scottish Ministers in respect of forms for use in Scotland and the Welsh Ministers in respect of forms for use in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with the Electoral Commission on the implementation of canvass reform. Canvass reform will lead to new requirements for canvass forms. We understand the EC intends to undertake user testing on the new forms, with a view to making sure the forms are as clear as possible for the citizen.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 10/12/2018 17:15:53 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1020290

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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, with reference to section 9 of his Department's policy statement, Proposals on reform of the annual canvass, published on 5 October 2018, what assessment his Department has made of response methods to Household Enquiry Forms in order to improve appropriate messaging and encourage responses.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	199444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission (EC) has responsibility for designing registration forms, which are subject to the approval of the Minister for the Cabinet Office following consultation with the Scottish Ministers in respect of forms for use in Scotland and the Welsh Ministers in respect of forms for use in Wales.</p><p>We are working closely with the Electoral Commission on the implementation of canvass reform. Canvass reform will lead to new requirements for canvass forms. We understand the EC intends to undertake user testing on the new forms, with a view to making sure the forms are as clear as possible for the citizen.</p><p>The Electoral Commission has worked with the Behavioural Insight Team on certain forms of registration correspondence. Information is available here: https://www.behaviouralinsights.co.uk/trial-results/improving-the-annual-electoral-canvass/</p><p>EROs are free to offer a range of ways to respond to a Higher Education Framework. Currently, many EROs offer text message, online and paper-based response methods. As part of canvass reform, we intend to with EROs and the Electoral Commission to make sure it is as easy as possible for citizens to respond to requests for information from their local ERO.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 199442 question first answered 10/12/2018 17:49:15 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1020293

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Maladministration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent changes his Department has made to minimise the chance of errors occurring in relation to a person's immigration status.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	199288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office recognises the importance of good data quality to support its decision making and we are continuing to work to improve and assure both our historic and present data quality.</p><p>We are in the process of deploying a new immigration data platform and digital casework applications to each area of the immigration system, and we are improving the accuracy and completeness of records held on immigration databases through user training and rigorous quality assurance.</p><p>We have created a Chief Caseworker Unit within UK Visas and Immigration and a ‘safety valve’ mechanism within Immigration Enforcement to bolster caseworking expertise and ensure that caseworkers have a clear escalation route where they have a concern or require specialist guidance. This is in addition to a number of new working process trials to help reduce the number of refusal decisions overturned at appeal. In addition, we are increasing face to face engagement between staff and individuals in both immigration reporting centres and immigration removal centres to ensure that vulnerability issues are identified and managed at the earliest opportunity</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/12/2018 17:33:44 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1020297

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the change in real terms of central Government funding for local government since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	199289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Central government funding cannot in isolation provide a true representation of local authority finances. The responsibilities, structure and makeup of local authorities have changed significantly since 2010 and spending power, formula grants and settlement funding assessments are not directly comparable over this period. For example, with the introduction of the Business Rates Retention Scheme local authorities estimate they will keep around £2.4 billion in business rates growth in 2018-19.</p><p>Over the five year period from 2015-16 to 2019-20 council’s will have access to more than £200 billion, after last month’s budget. This recognises both the growing pressure on local government’s services and higher-than-expected inflation levels. In the long term, next year’s Spending Review will determine funding for local government from 2020-21 onwards and will enable us to look at local government spending in the round.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 10/12/2018 17:13:40 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1020303

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate she has made of the number of Rohingyas who have become (a) internally displaced in Myanmar and (b) refugees in neighbouring states since August 2017.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	199290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>An estimated 735,000 Rohingya have fled into Bangladesh since August 2017. Around 128,000 internally displaced people remain in crowded camps in central Rakhine since 2012. Although an estimated 250,000-300,000 Rohingya remain in northern Rakhine it is unclear how many are displaced due to lack of humanitarian access. Numbers are not available for Rohingya who have fled to neighbouring countries since August 2017.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 10/12/2018 17:32:28 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1020310

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 16 of The Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills 2017/18, HC 1707, published on 4 December 2018, what steps he plans to take to close the gap between per pupil funding in secondary schools and further education institutions.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	199382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>We are actively exploring the funding and resilience of further education and will be assessing how far existing and forecast funding and regulatory structures enable high quality provision. This work will align closely with the Post-18 Funding Review in particular, to ensure a coherent vision for further and higher education.</p><p>As with other areas of departmental spending, further education funding from 2020 onwards will be considered as part of the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/12/2018 12:14:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas