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1198861

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date	01/06/2020
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Members: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what arrangements are in place to support hon. Members required to self isolate for 14 days following contact from covid-19 track and trace contact centres while away from home in London attending Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	52218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>Hon. Members are entitled to the same support as anyone who is self isolating, and advice on what to do in that situation can be found on the government website.</p> answering member constituency North East Somerset answering member printed Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg question first answered 04/06/2020 14:17:00 answering member 4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1198862

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Members: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, whether hon. Members contacted by covid-19 track and trace contact centres while in London should return home to their constituency or remain in London.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	52219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>I recognise that Members’ health is a personal matter. If a Member is contacted by covid-19 track and trace contact centres they must follow advice in line with public health. This may mean that they need to self isolate and avoid using public transport to reduce risk to others. I trust all members, as dedicated public servants, to follow this advice diligently.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Somerset answering member printed Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg grouped question UIN 52220 question first answered 04/06/2020 14:15:57 answering member 4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1198863

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Members: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what steps hon. Members should take and where they should travel to if contacted by covid-19 track and trace contact centres while en-route between their constituency and Parliament and told to self-isolate.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	52220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>I recognise that Members’ health is a personal matter. If a Member is contacted by covid-19 track and trace contact centres they must follow advice in line with public health. This may mean that they need to self isolate and avoid using public transport to reduce risk to others. I trust all members, as dedicated public servants, to follow this advice diligently.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Somerset answering member printed Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg grouped question UIN 52219 question first answered 04/06/2020 14:15:57 answering member 4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1198864

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Members: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission has made an assessment of the potential merits of hon. Members wearing face masks or face coverings upon return to physical Parliamentary proceedings; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	52221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>The Commission is led by the current Government advice on the use of face masks and coverings.</p><p>Advice from Public Health England has been considered which states that face coverings may be beneficial in places where it is hard to follow and maintain social distancing measures e.g. on public transport. Face coverings are not a replacement for social distancing and regular handwashing which remain the most important actions. As hon. Members can maintain social distancing and have easy access to handwashing facilities or hand sanitiser, it was concluded that face coverings were not necessary.</p><p>A review of this decision was carried out on 3 June and concluded that the advice did not need to be updated in line with current government guidance.</p><p>Although not considered necessary it is an MP’s choice if they do want to wear a face covering on the Parliamentary estate.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 04/06/2020 18:57:30 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1198955

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Reviews
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what cross-departmental reviews his Department is undertaking; and what the extent and level of engagement is with the devolved Administrations on each of those reviews.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	52222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Details of Government policy including external reviews are announced in the normal way. Government ministers and officials work closely with the devolved administrations on a wide range of relevant issues. In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of the process of collective agreement between departmental ministers are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 09/06/2020 16:07:45 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1198956

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voting Rights: 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 bring forward legislative 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	52223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to change the voting age, having been elected on a manifesto commitment to retain the current franchise at 18.</p><p>The Government has no plans to introduce automatic registration. The Government considers registering to vote (and voting) to be a civic duty, but does not believe it should be compulsory. With online registration, the Government has made it easier than ever for those who want to to register.</p><p>The Cabinet Office does not hold information on eligible electors who are not registered to vote for an election. Numbers registered for electoral events are published by the Electoral Commission. Reports on the 2015, 2017, and 2019 General Elections have been produced by the Electoral Commission and are available online at <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.electoralcommission.org.uk</a>.</p><p>Some headline registration statistics by area published by the Office for National Statistics. The latest bulletin is available at <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration" target="_blank">www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration</a>.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has recently considered creating a live registration status check. There are technical, security and privacy issues but the Cabinet Office will continue to see whether future developments provide a feasible and cost-effective solution in coming years.</p><p>The Government believes that there is no clear evidence that voting on a national holiday would lead to an increase in turnout.</p><p>The Government was elected on a manifesto pledge to continue to support First Past the Post for parliamentary elections. The First Past the Post system is a robust and secure way of electing Members of Parliament. It ensures a clear link between elected representatives and constituents in a manner that systems of Proportional Representation may not. This ensures that MPs can represent the interests of their constituents when debating national issues.</p><p>The UK Government works closely with ministers and officials in devolved administrations on a range of issues relating to elections, including electoral registration issues. Details of discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p>Each Electoral Registration Officer maintains a register for their own local area, including the number of overseas electors registered in their area. Information is not collated or held centrally on voting by electors. The Government does not hold data on UK citizens resident overseas who are registered to vote, who have successfully applied for absent voting, or who voted in the 2019 UK Parliamentary General Election.</p><p>Since 2013/14, the Government has provided more than £27 million to promote electoral registration and democratic engagement more widely, including among young people. For the 2019 General Election, of the 3.5 million people who registered to vote online between the day the poll was announced and the registration deadline, 66.1% were aged between 18 and 34.</p><p>The Cabinet Office is working closely with the Electoral Commission, Association of Electoral Administrators and Society of Local Government Chief Executives to support local authorities to deliver their duties in line with the Government’s guidance on Coronavirus. This includes working with the Electoral Commission on guidance for the 2020 canvass, which is now published on their website.</p><p>The planning and running of polls is the responsibility of Returning Officers, who are statutorily independent of local or national government. The Government does not collect data on those turned away from polls.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 52226 52227 52228 52230 52231 52232 53514 53516 53521 53522 53523 53525 53526 53530 question first answered 09/06/2020 14:40:25 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1198957

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	General Election 2019
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 (a) the cost to the public purse of administering the 2019 General Election and (b) the amount that accrued to the public purse as a result of candidates losing their deposits at that election.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	52224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The cost of administering the 2019 General Election will not be known until all Returning Officers’ expenses claims relating to that poll have been settled.</p><p>£622,500 was accrued to the public purse as a result of 1,245 candidates losing their deposit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 09/06/2020 14:34:31 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1198958

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybersecurity
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 cyber security experts (a) required to implement the National Cyber Security Strategy and (b) currently working in the UK; and what steps the Government is taking to encourage people studying computer science to pursue careers in cyber security.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	52225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), supported by a £1.9 billion investment, is delivering transformational change, building new capabilities and intervening to protect the UK from cyber attacks. The NCSC works with a wide range of partners, including the devolved administrations, to provide advice and support to people, businesses, and organisations, and to raise cyber resilience across the whole of the UK.</p><p>The implementation of the National Cyber Security Strategy requires collaborative action from all sectors of the UK including government, law enforcement, industry and academia. Cyber security experts are active across all these sectors in many different roles.</p><p>The Cyber Security Sectoral Analysis 2020, published by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in January, estimates that there are approximately 43,000 cyber security experts working in cyber security related roles across UK cyber security firms.</p><p>We are working to address the shortage in cyber security experts and encourage computer science students, and those from other disciplines, to consider careers in cyber security. This includes inspiring and nurturing the next generation of professionals and entrepreneurs, with over 55,000 young people having participated in our Cyber Discovery and Cyber First schemes, and working with the UK Cyber Security Council to further develop cyber security as a profession.</p><p>Since its creation in 2016, the NCSC has investigated over 2,000 significant incidents and published over 200 pieces of guidance. A total of 44,400 Cyber Essential certificates have been issued across the UK, including over 2,260 in Scotland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 53531 question first answered 09/06/2020 14:36:28 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1198959

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of options to introduce an automatic system of electoral registration for all eligible citizens; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	52226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to change the voting age, having been elected on a manifesto commitment to retain the current franchise at 18.</p><p>The Government has no plans to introduce automatic registration. The Government considers registering to vote (and voting) to be a civic duty, but does not believe it should be compulsory. With online registration, the Government has made it easier than ever for those who want to to register.</p><p>The Cabinet Office does not hold information on eligible electors who are not registered to vote for an election. Numbers registered for electoral events are published by the Electoral Commission. Reports on the 2015, 2017, and 2019 General Elections have been produced by the Electoral Commission and are available online at <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.electoralcommission.org.uk</a>.</p><p>Some headline registration statistics by area published by the Office for National Statistics. The latest bulletin is available at <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration" target="_blank">www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration</a>.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has recently considered creating a live registration status check. There are technical, security and privacy issues but the Cabinet Office will continue to see whether future developments provide a feasible and cost-effective solution in coming years.</p><p>The Government believes that there is no clear evidence that voting on a national holiday would lead to an increase in turnout.</p><p>The Government was elected on a manifesto pledge to continue to support First Past the Post for parliamentary elections. The First Past the Post system is a robust and secure way of electing Members of Parliament. It ensures a clear link between elected representatives and constituents in a manner that systems of Proportional Representation may not. This ensures that MPs can represent the interests of their constituents when debating national issues.</p><p>The UK Government works closely with ministers and officials in devolved administrations on a range of issues relating to elections, including electoral registration issues. Details of discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p>Each Electoral Registration Officer maintains a register for their own local area, including the number of overseas electors registered in their area. Information is not collated or held centrally on voting by electors. The Government does not hold data on UK citizens resident overseas who are registered to vote, who have successfully applied for absent voting, or who voted in the 2019 UK Parliamentary General Election.</p><p>Since 2013/14, the Government has provided more than £27 million to promote electoral registration and democratic engagement more widely, including among young people. For the 2019 General Election, of the 3.5 million people who registered to vote online between the day the poll was announced and the registration deadline, 66.1% were aged between 18 and 34.</p><p>The Cabinet Office is working closely with the Electoral Commission, Association of Electoral Administrators and Society of Local Government Chief Executives to support local authorities to deliver their duties in line with the Government’s guidance on Coronavirus. This includes working with the Electoral Commission on guidance for the 2020 canvass, which is now published on their website.</p><p>The planning and running of polls is the responsibility of Returning Officers, who are statutorily independent of local or national government. The Government does not collect data on those turned away from polls.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 52223 52227 52228 52230 52231 52232 53514 53516 53521 53522 53523 53525 53526 53530 question first answered 09/06/2020 14:40:25 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1198960

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will introduce a process to enable people to check their electoral registration status online.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	52227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to change the voting age, having been elected on a manifesto commitment to retain the current franchise at 18.</p><p>The Government has no plans to introduce automatic registration. The Government considers registering to vote (and voting) to be a civic duty, but does not believe it should be compulsory. With online registration, the Government has made it easier than ever for those who want to to register.</p><p>The Cabinet Office does not hold information on eligible electors who are not registered to vote for an election. Numbers registered for electoral events are published by the Electoral Commission. Reports on the 2015, 2017, and 2019 General Elections have been produced by the Electoral Commission and are available online at <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.electoralcommission.org.uk</a>.</p><p>Some headline registration statistics by area published by the Office for National Statistics. The latest bulletin is available at <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration" target="_blank">www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration</a>.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has recently considered creating a live registration status check. There are technical, security and privacy issues but the Cabinet Office will continue to see whether future developments provide a feasible and cost-effective solution in coming years.</p><p>The Government believes that there is no clear evidence that voting on a national holiday would lead to an increase in turnout.</p><p>The Government was elected on a manifesto pledge to continue to support First Past the Post for parliamentary elections. The First Past the Post system is a robust and secure way of electing Members of Parliament. It ensures a clear link between elected representatives and constituents in a manner that systems of Proportional Representation may not. This ensures that MPs can represent the interests of their constituents when debating national issues.</p><p>The UK Government works closely with ministers and officials in devolved administrations on a range of issues relating to elections, including electoral registration issues. Details of discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p>Each Electoral Registration Officer maintains a register for their own local area, including the number of overseas electors registered in their area. Information is not collated or held centrally on voting by electors. The Government does not hold data on UK citizens resident overseas who are registered to vote, who have successfully applied for absent voting, or who voted in the 2019 UK Parliamentary General Election.</p><p>Since 2013/14, the Government has provided more than £27 million to promote electoral registration and democratic engagement more widely, including among young people. For the 2019 General Election, of the 3.5 million people who registered to vote online between the day the poll was announced and the registration deadline, 66.1% were aged between 18 and 34.</p><p>The Cabinet Office is working closely with the Electoral Commission, Association of Electoral Administrators and Society of Local Government Chief Executives to support local authorities to deliver their duties in line with the Government’s guidance on Coronavirus. This includes working with the Electoral Commission on guidance for the 2020 canvass, which is now published on their website.</p><p>The planning and running of polls is the responsibility of Returning Officers, who are statutorily independent of local or national government. The Government does not collect data on those turned away from polls.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 52223 52226 52228 52230 52231 52232 53514 53516 53521 53522 53523 53525 53526 53530 question first answered 09/06/2020 14:40:25 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day