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1123524

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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, how much the last Boundary Commission reviews for (a) England, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales cost the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	248714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The expenditure by each Boundary Commission on the conduct of the Boundary Review which reported in September 2018 includes costs incurred in the 2018-19 financial year, and the figures are therefore subject to final confirmation of the 2018-19 accounts. The National Audit Office is currently auditing Departmental accounts for 2018-19 and once it has produced its report on them, it will be possible to confirm the final costs incurred by the four Boundary Commissions in the boundary review.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/05/2019 15:52:16 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1123525

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of conducting the next boundary review using census population statistics and citizenship information sourced from passport data.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	248715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>Boundary reviews have always been based on the number of registered electors. The<br>Government remains of the view that continuing to use the definitive registered electorate<br>is the most effective way of keeping constituencies up to date.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 03/05/2019 10:05:46 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1123386

registered interest
date	26/04/2019
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, for what reasons the deadline for EU citizens to change their status to vote in European elections in the UK was set to 12 working days before polling day rather than six in guidance issued by the Commission.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	248046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The deadline for EU citizens returning a declaration indicating that they wish to vote in a European Parliamentary election in the UK is 12 working days before polling day, not 6 working days. This is set out in: the Representation of the People Act 1983 (as amended); the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 (as amended); and the European Parliamentary Elections (Franchise of Relevant Citizens of the Union) Regulations 2001.</p><p>As was the case in 2014, the Commission has issued guidance to Electoral Registration Officers reflecting this legislation.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 02/05/2019 14:41:28 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1123388

registered interest
date	26/04/2019
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what changes to the process by which EU citizens become eligible to vote in European elections in the UK were recommended by the Commission.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	248047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>Following the 2014 European Parliamentary election, the Electoral Commission identified, in its statutory election report, that the system for citizens of other EU member states to register to vote in future European elections in the UK could be simplified. It specifically highlighted that legislation could be changed so that EU citizens would not need to complete more than one electoral registration form. Commission staff subsequently met Cabinet Office officials, together with representatives from EU citizens’ organisations, to consider the practical implications of this and other options for amending the law.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 01/05/2019 15:23:31 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1123390

registered interest
date	26/04/2019
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Commission has issued on making changes to the process for inviting EU citizens resident in the UK to participate in European elections in the UK in view of the short timescale.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	248048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>Electoral legislation sets out the process that EU citizens must follow if they wish to vote in a European Parliamentary election in the UK. As was the case in 2014, the Commission has issued guidance reflecting this legislation, recommending that Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) should write to EU citizens to inform them of what they need to do to be able to vote at the European Parliamentary elections in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 01/05/2019 15:26:44 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1123391

registered interest
date	26/04/2019
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Commission has provided to the Cabinet Office on making additional central funding available to electoral registration officers to ensure that EU citizens are aware of the steps they need to take in order to participate in the European elections in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	248049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>While Returning Officers at a European Parliamentary election are funded directly by the UK Government for the costs involved in administering the election, Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) are funded entirely by the local authority which has appointed them. This means that EROs across the UK are required to draw on their local annual budgets to deal with the impact of national electoral events.</p><p>In its report on registration at the 2017 UK Parliamentary General Election, the Commission highlighted the need for the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments to work with the Commission and EROs across the UK to review the balance of funding and resources for EROs. This is to ensure that election-specific activity can be appropriately resourced, as well as ongoing activities such as the annual canvass of properties.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 01/05/2019 15:28:12 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1123392

registered interest
date	26/04/2019
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Commission plans to issue guidance to returning officers on making available at polling stations on 2 May 2019 the UC1/EC6 form for EU citizens eligible to vote in the European elections in the UK..
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	248050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The Commission has issued guidance to all Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) recommending that they should write to EU citizens to inform them of what they need to do to be able to vote at the European Parliamentary election in the UK. EU citizens should therefore have already received a declaration form from their ERO directly, and so the Commission does not intend to issue further guidance on the provision of declaration forms.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 01/05/2019 15:29:12 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1123393

registered interest
date	26/04/2019
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Commission plans to provide to electoral registration officers on the acceptability of scanned or photographed UC1/EC6 forms in order to make changes to the electoral register ahead of European elections in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	248051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>A declaration by an EU citizen to vote in the European Parliamentary election in the UK must be made in writing, but this can include a declaration submitted as an email with a scanned signature. This is in line with the Commission’s general guidance to Electoral Registration Officers on applications requiring a signature, such as applications to vote by post.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 01/05/2019 15:30:49 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1122505

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
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	Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether the NICE guideline for epilepsy on sodium valproate as first-line treatment for children, young people and adults with newly diagnosed juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is compatible with the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency pregnancy prevention programme.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	246540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and is responsible for the wording of its guideline recommendations. NICE has advised that it will ensure that its recommendations on the use of sodium valproate are consistent with the regulatory position, as set out by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. The two organisations are working closely together to ensure that this is the case.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 01/05/2019 15:28:32 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1110747

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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	Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures are being adopted to ensure that every Healthcare Professional dealing with female patients prescribed Sodium Valproate between 15 – 45 years old receive the Pregnancy Prevention Program and advice on other suitable anticonvulsant medications.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	242870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has worked with professional bodies and healthcare organisations on implementing measures to raise awareness of the significant risks associated with sodium valproate in pregnancy and to support healthcare professionals to comply with the valproate Pregnancy Prevention Programme. This includes consideration of alternative treatment for girls and women of childbearing potential.</p><p> </p><p>It is the responsibility of every healthcare professional involved in the prescribing and dispensing of valproate to make sure women are aware of the serious risks in pregnancy and are enrolled in the statutory Pregnancy Prevention Programme. United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers wrote to all healthcare professionals in April 2018 to inform them of the actions required and in September 2018 UK Chief Pharmaceutical Officers contacted all pharmacists to remind them of their responsibilities when dispensing valproate. This has been reinforced by messages from the professional regulators to their members and by articles in the MHRA’s electronic bulletin Drug Safety Update in September and again in December last year calling all healthcare professionals to examine whether they are prescribing in compliance with the new measures.</p><p> </p><p>Professional bodies have produced guidance to support their members in the implementation of the Pregnancy Prevention Programme and The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has produced an overarching prescribing guideline for valproate. The NHS England General Practitioner (GP) contract framework now includes a Quality Indicator for valproate prescribing which will incentivise GP practices to have a robust system in place to ensure compliance with the new measures.</p><p> </p><p>The Care Quality Commission is checking compliance with the requirements of the valproate pregnancy prevention programme during routine inspections and investigating any complaints of non-compliance with these requirements.</p><p> </p><p>The recent European review of valproate in pregnancy considered a possible association between birth defects and persistent developmental disorders associated with paternal valproate treatment at the time of conception. The review concluded that there was insufficient evidence at present to establish such a link, but further research was required. Therefore, as an outcome of the review the marketing authorisation holders of valproate products were required to undertake a retrospective observational study to investigate the association between paternal exposure to valproate and the risk of congenital anomalies and neurodevelopmental disorders including autism in their offspring. The design of the study is under evaluation by the European Medicines Agency’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 242872 question first answered 15/04/2019 14:37:40 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith