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1006207

	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

1007845

	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	Absent Voting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen the integrity of the postal voting system.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	191906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The British public deserves to have confidence in our democracy and the Government is committed to ensuring that our electoral system is fit for the future.</p><p>Next year, Peterborough and Pendle will be piloting measures to improve the integrity of the postal and proxy vote process. This builds on similar pilots in 2018.</p><p>In addition, the Government is looking to introduce measures which will prohibit party campaigners from handling postal votes, and apply a limit to the number of postal ballots that any one individual can hand in at a polling station. The provisions will be backed up by a new offence, and will make a significant contribution to enhancing the security of postal voting. There is currently a Government supported Private Members’ Bill in the House of Commons looking to introduce this policy.</p><p>The Government is considering the way forward on the other recommendations made by Sir Eric Pickles, a number of which relate to absent voting, and will continue to consider how to improve the integrity of electoral processes more generally.</p><p>The Government is committed to strengthening our electoral processes and enhancing public confidence in the rigour of those democratic processes.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 23/11/2018 11:43:24 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1007846

	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	Elections: Subversion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department's consultation entitled Protecting the Debate: Intimidating, Influence and Information sought views on protecting the UK electoral system from overseas interference.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	191907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The first duty of Government is to safeguard the nation, and we take the security and integrity of our democratic processes very seriously.</p><p>The Government’s consultation <em>Protecting the Debate: Intimidation, Influence and Information </em>sought views on a proposed new electoral offence of intimidating a candidate or campaigner, clarifying the offence of undue influence and whether the requirement for imprints should be extended to electronic material. The consultation did not seek views on protecting the UK electoral system from overseas interference specifically.</p><p>The Cabinet Office co-ordinates cross-Government work to protect our democracy and to ensure the public’s confidence in our elections.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 23/11/2018 11:44:44 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1007848

	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	Elections: Subversion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation on Protecting the Debate: Intimidating, Influence and Information, which closed on 28 October 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	191908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The consultation <em>Protecting the Debate: Intimidation, Influence and Information </em>closed on 28 October 2018. We are currently reviewing the responses. We will issue a response in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 23/11/2018 12:18:23 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1007852

	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	Local Government: Elections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2018 to Question 905328, what evaluation has been made of the voter ID pilots in the local elections 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	191910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The British public deserves to have confidence in our democracy.</p><p> </p><p>Voter ID was successfully tested at the local elections on 3 May. The overwhelming majority of electors who turned up to vote did so with the right documents and had confidence in knowing how to cast their vote.</p><p> </p><p>The success of the voter ID pilots proves that voter ID is a reasonable and proportionate measure and voters were fully aware of the changes on polling day.</p><p> </p><p>The evaluations of the 2018 pilots can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/electoral-fraud/voter-identification-pilot-schemes" target="_blank">https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/electoral-fraud/voter-identification-pilot-schemes</a></p><p>and</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electoral-integrity-project-local-elections-2018-evaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electoral-integrity-project-local-elections-2018-evaluation</a></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/11/2018 12:32:50 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1010176

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	192772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/11/2018 17:38:58 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ192772.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1010223

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Young People: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of young people moving from small towns and villages to large towns and cities; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that movement on the long-term sustainability of small towns and villages.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	192710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/11/2018 11:08:33 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ 192710.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1010262

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Social Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent from the public purse on promoting social media posts relating to the UK leaving the EU on (a) the @10DowningStreet Twitter account and (b) other online platforms for which her office is responsible in the last three months; and if she will place details of the content of those posts in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	192871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Over the last three months (20 August - 20 November), the Prime Minister’s Office has spent the following on paid social media posts related to the UK’s exit from the EU:</p><p> </p><p>Total spend 20 August - 20 November: £52,509.84</p><p> </p><p>This spend covers content outlining the UK’s future economic partnership with the EU and the withdrawal agreement between the UK and the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Total annual government communications spend is circa £300m. This activity represents 0.017% of total spend for the year.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 04/12/2018 14:46:21 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1010368

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his most recent estimate is of the number of economically inactive young people.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	192696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/11/2018 17:37:52 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ192696.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1010404

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Visual Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government’s Response to the Call for Evidence on Access to Elections published 30 August 2018, whether he can provide an update on the progress of the Accessibility Working Group's consideration of the viability of sending out electoral information by electronic means to blind and partially-sighted people.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	192957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government chaired Accessibility of Elections Working Group is considering how the actions contained in the Government’s response to the Call for Evidence on Access to Elections to improve the accessibility of elections can be delivered, including testing the additional sending of information from poll cards by electronic means to disabled people who request this service.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and the Royal Society for Blind Children, which are members of the Working Group, are providing insight on the particular requirements for blind and partially sighted people. Feedback from two authorities that have used email to send out poll card information at recent elections is currently being reviewed.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 26/11/2018 10:54:56 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova