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1151714

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2019
	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	What steps he is taking to ensure that electoral registers are complete.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
	uin	900093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>The electoral registers for the June 2017 general election were the largest ever at 46.8 million people. Online registration has made registering to vote quicker and easier than ever before. Government’s role is to ensure Electoral Registration Officers have the tools needed to maintain complete and accurate registers.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/10/2019 14:32:59 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1139039

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the prevalence of partner domestic violence perpetrated by each sex by (a) ethnicity and (b) nationality.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	277310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 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 Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 277306 277309 question first answered 22/07/2019 11:01:50 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name Combined PQ 277306_ 277309_ 277310.pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1141471

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the voter ID pilot, what assessment he has made of the effect of the (a) poll card, (b) mixed ID, and (c) photographic ID model on people with protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	280955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>In line with the 2018 pilot evaluation, the 2019 pilots have been evaluated by both the Electoral Commission and the Cabinet Office. The evaluations show that the overwhelming majority of people cast their vote without a problem. As in 2018, the data collected does not indicate that any demographic group was consistently adversely impacted by the models across the pilot authorities.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 03/09/2019 13:29:11 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1142084

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	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 the Government still plans to bring forward the 2018 Boundary Commission proposals to Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	282446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>In January 2019, a judicial review was submitted to the High Court in Northern Ireland against the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland’s final report</p><p><br>On 28 May, the Court issued its judgment, which concluded that the Boundary Commission had erred in law in the conduct of its consultation on the proposed new constituencies for Northern Ireland</p><p><br>Both parties in the judicial review have lodged an appeal against the Court’s judgment and the date of the appeal hearing is expected to be set later this year</p><p><br>The Government awaits the outcome of these legal proceedings. Primary legislation requires the boundary changes for the constituent nations of the United Kingdom be made at the same time.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/09/2019 16:27:54 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1142007

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department measures optimism in society.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	282212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not routinely measure optimism in society. Occasionally questions on optimism may be included in other research studies undertaken by the Cabinet Office for contextual purposes.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 03/09/2019 13:24:43 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1140178

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the recommendations of the boundary review.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	278961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is working on the Order in Council to implement the recommendations in the final reports of the four Boundary Commissions.</p><p>The High Court of Northern Ireland has now issued its judgment in relation to the judicial review against the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland’s final proposals. The period within which an appeal may be made by either party has not yet expired. The Government will consider the outcome of these proceedings in deciding the timetable for laying the draft Order in Council before Parliament in due course, where it will be debated and there will be a vote in both Houses in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/07/2019 11:52:27 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1138088

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Absent Voting: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to tackle postal vote fraud.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	275735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>Electoral fraud is unacceptable on any level. There are already measures in place designed to enhance the security of postal voting.</p><p>In response to (the then) Sir Eric Pickles report on electoral fraud, the Government accepted recommendations to strengthen the postal vote system and, in line with our manifesto commitment, we are working to reform postal voting to ensure our elections are secure.</p><p>The Government will look for opportunities to introduce measures that will restrict the handling of postal votes by people who may seek to abuse or subvert them. We will also look to introduce controls on the return of postal votes via polling stations, which has been a cause for concern in past elections.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 16/07/2019 14:08:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1138089

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Corruption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to tackle bribery during elections.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	275736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>Under section 113 of the Representation of the People Act (RPA) 1983 it is an offence for a person to give money or a gift to any other person in order to induce them to vote or to refrain from voting at an election. There is a similar offence at section 114 of the RPA 1983 in relation to the treating of voters.</p><p>Furthermore, the Bribery Act 2010 (the Act) replaced an old and outmoded mix of common and statutory law and was designed to provide the courts, prosecutors and investigators the tools they needed to tackle bribery in the UK and overseas in the 21st century. The Act reflects the UK's continued commitment to combat bribery and provides a modern, comprehensive scheme of bribery offences.</p><p>If anyone has evidence of abuse of the electoral system, this should be reported to the Returning Officer or the Police who have powers to investigate.</p><p>We will continue to keep electoral law under review to ensure the electoral system is safe and secure.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 16/07/2019 14:08:27 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1141262

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Visually Impaired and Learning Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to increase registration rates and voter turnout of (a) visually impaired voters and (b) voters with learning difficulties.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	280933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>In September 2017 the Government launched a Call for Evidence to find out how people with disabilities experience registering to vote and voting itself. The government responded to this in August 2018 and is working with organisations such as the RNIB and the Royal Mencap Society in overseeing delivery of the actions contained in the Government’s response and more widely.</p><p>These actions include reviewing the online registration system, utilising opportunities to promote awareness for groups representing disabled people, such as in National Democracy Week, providing information in Easy Read format and making use of sight registers held by local authorities in England to support more and better information being made available.</p><p><br>Improvements in place and intended for the voting process also support participation and include improved training of polling station staff to provide better support to voters with sight loss and those who have a learning disability and consideration of options for equipment for people with disabilities to use when voting.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 03/09/2019 13:28:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1142014

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent guidance he has provided to the office for National Statistics on developing indicators to monitor the well-being and happiness of (a) adults and (b) children.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	282219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 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 Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 282218 282220 question first answered 03/09/2019 08:36:45 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ282218 282219 282220 - UKSA response.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane