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1222690

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Import Duties: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on the potential effect on the Union of application of EU tariffs to all goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland after the end of the transition period.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	71814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p>I refer to the <a href="https://bit.ly/3epl7px" target="_blank">oral statement made by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a> on 13 July 2020. Details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed, in line with the practice of successive administrations.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 71738 71739 71740 71741 71742 question first answered 15/07/2020 16:51:01 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

914832

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	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	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds from electoral registration officers on the number of names removed from electoral registers in each local authority, for each permissible reason, in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	148873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>This information is not collated or held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 07/06/2018 11:38:22 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

426713

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts: Lancaster and Fleetwood
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are employed on zero-hours contracts in their main employment in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	15251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 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 Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 12/11/2015 15:31:42 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ Cat Smith - ZHC.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Zero Hour Contracts
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1384402

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Commission on Covid Commemoration
	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, when he plans to announce the (a) membership and (b) terms of reference of the commission on covid-19 commemoration.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	86113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>The Government fully recognises the need to remember those who have died during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>On 12 May, the Prime Minister announced the establishment of a UK Commission on Covid Commemoration to consider the most appropriate way to remember those who have lost their lives and to recognise those involved in the unprecedented response. The Government will set out the Commission membership and terms of reference in due course.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 06/12/2021 15:53:27 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

427466

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Health Services: Trade Union Officials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what account was taken of the results of the 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Survey on workplace union representatives in the healthcare sector in bringing forward proposals to cap union facility time in the Trade Union Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	15794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>There are no current proposals to cap facility time. The reserve powers in the Trade Union Bill, which allow Ministers to set a cap on the time and money spent on facility time, would be used only as a last resort.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 19/11/2015 12:04:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

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

1125332

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	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, what the cost was to the public purse of the 2019 voter ID pilot schemes; and how much funding was allocated to each local authority that participated.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	252044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Voter ID is part of a body of work this Government is delivering to strengthen the integrity of our electoral system and give the public confidence that our elections are secure and fit for the 21st century.</p><p>As was the case for the 2018 pilots, the 2019 pilot costs will be confirmed when they are known, which will be after the pilot authorities have completed their work. Funding for the additional cost of piloting voter ID will be provided to each local authority by the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/05/2019 12:53:09 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1132433

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	VE Day: Anniversaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Minister has considered the potential implications for the delivery of scheduled Police and Crime Commissioner, London Mayoral and Assembly, Combined Authority Mayoral and local government elections and vote counting across the UK on 7 May 2020 of the decision to move the Early May Bank Holiday in 2020 from Monday 4 May to Friday 8 May to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day; and what steps he is taking to ensure Returning Officers and their staff are supported to discharge their duties for those elections.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	265547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government believes it is fitting to give the whole nation a chance to commemorate the<br>sacrifices made during the Second World War, to secure the democratic freedoms we enjoy today</p><p>This will be done by moving the early May Bank Holiday from 4 to 8 May, the 75 th Anniversary of<br>Victory in Europe (VE) Day<br>On this historic occasion the Government wants to ensure as many people as possible have the<br>valuable opportunity to pay a fitting tribute to our remaining heroes of the Second World War. The<br>day will also serve as an occasion thank all members of the Armed Forces Family who have<br>served and who continue to serve our country.</p><p><br>We recognise there will be implications for the counting of votes in some of the Police and Crime<br>Commissioner, London Mayoral and Assembly, combined authority mayoral, local mayoral and<br>local government elections which will have taken place the day before the VE Day bank holiday in<br>2020. We are continuing to discuss these practical implications with local authorities and electoral<br>administrators.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/06/2019 15:29:46 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1142797

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to publish the draft Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) (Amendment) Regulations 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	284449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>While the current annual canvass is effective overall in meeting its objectives, it is widely<br>recognised to be outdated, cumbersome and expensive.</p><p>Following consultation with stakeholders, the Government intends to use its powers under section 7 of the Electoral<br>Registration and Administration Act 2013 to amend the legislation governing the annual<br>canvass to make it more streamlined and less prescriptive for Electoral Registration<br>Officers. The draft Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) (Amendment)<br>Regulations 2019 will be laid before Parliament as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 09/09/2019 10:24:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith