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	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the contribution of the vaping industry is to the economy.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	190816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/11/2018 12:50:19 question first ministerially corrected 12/12/2018 17:10:40 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ190816 (1).pdf title UKSA Response previous answer version 86293 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

999296

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Birth Rate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the (a) birth and (b) infant mortality rate in (i) England, (ii) London and (iii) the London Borough of Lewisham for each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	186401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</del> <ins class="ministerial">The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply and their response will be <strong>placed</strong> in the <strong>Library</strong>.</ins></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 06/11/2018 16:11:45 question first ministerially corrected 20/11/2018 10:15:59 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington attachment 1 file name PQ186401.pdf title UKSA response previous answer version 83529 answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington attachment 1 file name PQ186401.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

967789

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the UK Joint Ministerial Committee being expanded to a full Council of Ministers with responsibility for regional policy after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	170272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has regular and frequent engagement with devolved administrations across a wide range of issues where there are shared interests.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Furthermore,</del> the UK Government recognises the need to review the existing intergovernmental structures to ensure they are fit for purpose in light of the UK’s exit from the EU. We are working closely with the devolved administrations on this review.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/09/2018 16:05:33 question first ministerially corrected 10/09/2018 21:12:08 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington previous answer version 74149 answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

934264

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Employment: Statistics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has made an assessment of the validity of the inclusion of people on zero hour contracts in official employment statistics.
	tabling member constituency	Blackburn
	tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
	uin	160234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 06/07/2018 11:51:46 question first ministerially corrected 08/10/2018 10:09:36 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ160234 (1).pdf title UKSA response previous answer version 68028 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ160234 Holding Response.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

931177

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Catering and Hospitality Industry: Vacancies
	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 current number of vacancies in the (a) hospitality and (b) food preparation industries.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	157008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply and will be depositing the response to the libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/06/2018 09:37:56 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2018 10:43:27 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ157008.pdf title UKSA Response previous answer version 67062 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ157008 Holding Response.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

929363

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Location
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) Government organisations and (b) departmental offices are based in (i) towns and (ii) cities in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	156622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply and I would be depositing a copy in the Library of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 27/06/2018 13:20:44 question first ministerially corrected 08/10/2018 10:09:49 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ156622 (1).pdf title UKSA response previous answer version 66043 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ156622 Holding Response.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

926926

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Nuclear Constabulary: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government’s plans to move Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers onto the Alpha Pensions Scheme from April 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	uin	155365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government has carried out extensive reforms of public service pension schemes to ensure that they are fair and sustainable, including the introduction of new pension schemes for the main public sector workforces in 2015. As part of these reforms the Government plans to move Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers into the Alpha Pension Scheme in due course. <ins class="ministerial">Officials are continuing to engage on this issue. </ins></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 27/06/2018 15:33:05 question first ministerially corrected 28/06/2018 10:56:43 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden previous answer version 66146 answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

926575

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of the additional jobs in the UK labour market have been filled by (a) UK nationals and (b) non-UK nationals since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	154608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p><strong>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</strong></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/06/2018 09:28:06 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2018 10:43:35 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ154608 PQ154609.pdf title UKSA response previous answer version 64806 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ154608 PQ154609 Holding Response.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

906297

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2018
	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 Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the news release entitled Thousands of voters turned away from polling stations in mandatory ID trials, published by the Electoral Reform Society on 4 May 2018, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the estimate by the Electoral Reform Society that 3,981 people were turned away from polling stations across the five pilot areas; and if he will make an estimate of what that figure would be in the event that the scheme was rolled out nationally.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	145358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>Requiring some form of identification to vote was successfully tested at the local elections on 3 May by five local authorities: Bromley, Gosport, Swindon, Watford and Woking. The overwhelming majority of people cast their vote without a problem and the success of the pilots proves that this is a reasonable and proportionate measure to take, and there was no notable adverse effect on turnout.</p><p>The estimate by the political lobby group the Electoral Reform Society is exaggerated and inaccurate. Data from Returning Officers across all five participating local authorities shows that there were 340 electors asked to return to the polling station with the correct identification who did not subsequently return. This represents 0.16% of the votes cast.</p><p>This reflects that such identification was a brand new requirement, and a few electors may not have read the publicity that they were sent about the pilots.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">However, the experience of Northern Ireland, where paper ID has been required since 1985 and photo ID since 2003, illustrates that there should be no issue with voters not knowing - once the requirement has become established.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Electoral Commission is responsible for carrying out an independent, statutory evaluation of the pilot schemes and will publish its findings in the summer of 2018; this will be an opportunity to review how the publicity arrangements operated and could be improved. This is one of the benefits of piloting the policy.</ins></p><p> </p><p>Requiring some form of identification to vote was successfully tested at the local elections on 3 May by five local authorities: Bromley, Gosport, Swindon, Watford and Woking. The overwhelming majority of people cast their vote without a problem and the success of the pilots proves that this is a reasonable and proportionate measure to take, and there was no notable adverse effect on turnout.</p><p>The estimate by the political lobby group the Electoral Reform Society is exaggerated and inaccurate. Data from Returning Officers across all five participating local authorities shows that there were 340 electors asked to return to the polling station with the correct identification who did not subsequently return. This represents 0.14% of the votes cast.</p><p>This reflects that such identification was a brand new requirement, and a few electors may not have read the publicity that they were sent about the pilots.</p><p> </p><p>However, the experience of Northern Ireland, where paper ID has been required since 1985 and photo ID since 2003, illustrates that there should be no issue with voters not knowing - once the requirement has become established.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is responsible for carrying out an independent, statutory evaluation of the pilot schemes and will publish its findings in the summer of 2018; this will be an opportunity to review how the publicity arrangements operated and could be improved. This is one of the benefits of piloting the policy.</p><p> </p><p>There was an error in the data previously presented. Whilst the individual totals of votes cast in each local authority were correct, the overall total was incorrectly summed. The previously quoted total of votes cast of 206,741 should have been 234,506. As a result, the percentage of people who did not return as a proportion of number of votes cast was overstated, incorrectly given as 0.16%. The correct figure is 0.14%. The attached table contains the correct data.</p><p> </p><p>As part of its planned evaluation, the Electoral Commission will continue to collect and analyse a wide range of data and information about the pilots, including public opinion surveys, data from polling stations, turnout and postal voting data, and polling station staff surveys. We will continue to work with the Electoral Commission and other partners to ensure that the emerging data gives an accurate picture of how ID pilots were delivered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith previous answer version 59632 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith 60423 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith question first answered 25/05/2018 15:13:05 question first ministerially corrected 01/06/2018 09:26:25 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name Pre evaluation voter ID polling station data (1) (1).xlsx title Pre evaluation vote
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

901241

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the five most common cancer diagnoses were among (a) men and (b) women in (i) 2007 and (ii) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	142781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 15/05/2018 13:53:44 question first ministerially corrected 16/05/2018 12:24:02 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ142781.pdf title UKSA Response previous answer version 57966 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell