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1719565

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2024 to Question 25652 on Local Government: Elections, if he will survey returning officers on the number of completed postal vote packs that arrived with the returning officer after the close of polls on 2 May 2024.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	27406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally by the Government.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 24/05/2024 10:06:31 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1717145

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number of postal votes which arrived with returning officers after the close of polls on 2 May 2024.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	25652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-02-20/14836" target="_blank">14836</a> on 27 February 2024.</p><p>At the elections on 2 May, the Government centrally funded a national ‘sweep’ by Royal Mail of their mail centres to ensure that completed postal ballot packs were pulled out at mail centres on the evening of polling day and delivered directly to local Returning Officers.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 20/05/2024 13:49:08 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1603986

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an estimate on the number of eligible voters who may be unable to vote at polling stations due to the new Voter ID legislation because of a lack of (a) acceptable ID and (b) awareness of the new requirements.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	165280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the UQ response <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhansard.parliament.uk%2Fcommons%2F2023-02-21%2Fdebates%2FE941CE91-95D6-4EB8-B3E2-46059027B909%2FVoterIdentification&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cba90dfb97e3b47bd265308db27028456%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638146663974036809%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2BRLDHdmxKat9DaK7BH4cgW2mqL31ECRJX%2BtvUMk7Bag%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>, to the Cabinet Office <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fvoter-identification-photographic-id-ownership-in-great-britain&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cba90dfb97e3b47bd265308db27028456%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638146663974036809%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=mqXdQ1BmstNPA7J1DvE7Nj8%2FvVD3U9Hoxt5bKbPSxAc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">published</a> survey on levels of ownership of photographic identification, and to the New Burdens funding methodology for the Elections Act 2022 available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Felections-act-new-burdens-funding-methodology-voter-identification-and-accessibility%2Felections-act-new-burdens-funding-methodology-voter-identification-and-accessibility&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cba90dfb97e3b47bd265308db27028456%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638146663974036809%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=VDbs2O3XidTsSu%2Fl%2FStWnR6AFiEwTUce1biQztPSH9M%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Information regarding applications for Voter Authority Certificates is <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvoter-authority-certificate.service.gov.uk%2Fperformance&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cba90dfb97e3b47bd265308db27028456%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638146663974036809%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=sCbCC7OH6BNGIP83PcTykKe784SP4It1wXar2zBUB04%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">published</a> online. The rejection of an application is a matter for the relevant Electoral Registration Officer.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 165270 165272 165273 165282 165285 165286 question first answered 17/03/2023 16:59:14 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1603992

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Driving License 2021 data published on 13 January 2023 which showed that 53 per cent of Black people and 76 per cent of White people had a driving licence, if he will make a comparative assessment of the potential impact of the new voter identification requirement on the ability of people in those two groups to provide sufficient identification to vote; and if he will take steps with his Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that people of all ethnicities are equally able to vote.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	165286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the UQ response <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhansard.parliament.uk%2Fcommons%2F2023-02-21%2Fdebates%2FE941CE91-95D6-4EB8-B3E2-46059027B909%2FVoterIdentification&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cba90dfb97e3b47bd265308db27028456%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638146663974036809%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2BRLDHdmxKat9DaK7BH4cgW2mqL31ECRJX%2BtvUMk7Bag%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>, to the Cabinet Office <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fvoter-identification-photographic-id-ownership-in-great-britain&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cba90dfb97e3b47bd265308db27028456%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638146663974036809%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=mqXdQ1BmstNPA7J1DvE7Nj8%2FvVD3U9Hoxt5bKbPSxAc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">published</a> survey on levels of ownership of photographic identification, and to the New Burdens funding methodology for the Elections Act 2022 available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Felections-act-new-burdens-funding-methodology-voter-identification-and-accessibility%2Felections-act-new-burdens-funding-methodology-voter-identification-and-accessibility&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cba90dfb97e3b47bd265308db27028456%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638146663974036809%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=VDbs2O3XidTsSu%2Fl%2FStWnR6AFiEwTUce1biQztPSH9M%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Information regarding applications for Voter Authority Certificates is <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvoter-authority-certificate.service.gov.uk%2Fperformance&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cba90dfb97e3b47bd265308db27028456%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638146663974036809%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=sCbCC7OH6BNGIP83PcTykKe784SP4It1wXar2zBUB04%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">published</a> online. The rejection of an application is a matter for the relevant Electoral Registration Officer.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 165270 165272 165273 165280 165282 165285 question first answered 17/03/2023 16:59:14 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1312100

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
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 is taking to help ensure that adequate numbers of counting agents are permitted by Electoral Registration Officers to attend and monitor the counting process during the election counts of 6 May 2021.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	187258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>Arrangements will be put in place by statutorily independent Returning Officers and their teams to allow the effective scrutiny of the counts while ensuring each count is COVID-secure for everyone present. The pandemic means that the arrangements for these polls will be necessarily different from those normally in place.</p><p>The Electoral Commission, in consultation with public health bodies, has provided guidance for Returning Officers on the organisation and conduct of the polls, including the count, in the context of the pandemic. We are aware that discussions on arrangements have taken place at local level and that Returning Officers are working with candidates and political parties to set out what is practicable within relevant legislation and with due regard to the need to ensure that count processes can be, and can be seen to be effectively conducted.</p><p>I have the utmost confidence in the ability of the Returning Officers to run these polls in a way that meets the highest standards of both public safety and democratic integrity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 187259 question first answered 29/04/2021 10:59:47 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1312119

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
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 counting agents will be required as a minimum for the counts at the 6 May 2021 elections.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	187259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>Arrangements will be put in place by statutorily independent Returning Officers and their teams to allow the effective scrutiny of the counts while ensuring each count is COVID-secure for everyone present. The pandemic means that the arrangements for these polls will be necessarily different from those normally in place.</p><p>The Electoral Commission, in consultation with public health bodies, has provided guidance for Returning Officers on the organisation and conduct of the polls, including the count, in the context of the pandemic. We are aware that discussions on arrangements have taken place at local level and that Returning Officers are working with candidates and political parties to set out what is practicable within relevant legislation and with due regard to the need to ensure that count processes can be, and can be seen to be effectively conducted.</p><p>I have the utmost confidence in the ability of the Returning Officers to run these polls in a way that meets the highest standards of both public safety and democratic integrity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 187258 question first answered 29/04/2021 10:59:47 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1306984

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which age groups will have received a covid-19 vaccination ahead of the elections on 6 May 2021.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	178696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>Phase two of the vaccination programme, which will cover those aged 18 to 49 years old not already included in phase one, commenced on 13 April with the vaccine being offered first to those aged 45 to 49 years old. It is not possible to say how many of the remaining age cohorts will have been offered a first dose vaccination by 6 May as operational factors influence decisions on the exact date when each cohort is opened. However, the programme is on track to offer a first dose of the vaccine to all those aged 18 years old or over in England by 31 July.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/04/2021 16:10:28 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1282966

registered interest
date	02/02/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
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 discussions he has had with the electoral sector on the challenges of recruiting polling staff for the upcoming May 2021 elections as a result of the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	147911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2021 answer text <p>Democracy should not be cancelled because of covid. The Government has confirmed that the set of local and PCC elections scheduled for May will go ahead, and made a firm commitment that the Government will support the sector to deliver them.</p><p>The Government has published a clear <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/may-2021-polls-delivery-plan/may-2021-polls-delivery-plan" target="_blank">Delivery Plan</a> for the May elections, setting out how the Government will support local elections teams to deliver effective polls that are covid-secure for voters and staff.</p><p>Further guidance for all those involved in the elections will be available in due course and well in advance of the polls.</p><p>As has been the case under successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not usually disclosed. Details of ministers' meetings with external organisations and individuals are published on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> periodically.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 147766 147767 147768 147769 147770 147912 147940 question first answered 09/02/2021 19:30:19 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1282967

registered interest
date	02/02/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
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 plans to make the wearing of masks mandatory in polling stations for the May 2021 elections.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	147912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2021 answer text <p>Democracy should not be cancelled because of covid. The Government has confirmed that the set of local and PCC elections scheduled for May will go ahead, and made a firm commitment that the Government will support the sector to deliver them.</p><p>The Government has published a clear <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/may-2021-polls-delivery-plan/may-2021-polls-delivery-plan" target="_blank">Delivery Plan</a> for the May elections, setting out how the Government will support local elections teams to deliver effective polls that are covid-secure for voters and staff.</p><p>Further guidance for all those involved in the elections will be available in due course and well in advance of the polls.</p><p>As has been the case under successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not usually disclosed. Details of ministers' meetings with external organisations and individuals are published on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> periodically.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 147766 147767 147768 147769 147770 147911 147940 question first answered 09/02/2021 19:30:19 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1280605

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
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 estimate his Department has made of the number of postal votes which will be used by voters in the upcoming May 2021 local elections.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	143819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2021 answer text <p>Any elector is able to register to vote by post on demand, if they wish. We understand that the pandemic may change voters’ needs and preferences, and encourage anyone who is shielding, or who does not wish to visit a polling station, to apply for a postal or proxy vote and to do so early. We are working with postal vote suppliers, electoral sector partners and election teams.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 11/02/2021 20:00:45 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith