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347363

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Internet: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to increase disabled people's access to the internet.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone in the UK has digital skills.</p><p>The Government Digital Service (GDS), part of Cabinet Office, is working closely with organisations including RNIB, Abilitynet and Remploy. Some of these organisations are Digital Inclusion Charter signatories and research is underway to identify digital inclusion interventions that help people with differing needs.</p><p>The new Alliance for Digital Accessibility, supported by the Department for Culture Media and Sport, will ensure that no one is excluded from access to government digital services or the internet more broadly. All departments are committed to supporting activity under the Digital Inclusion Strategy to reduce the number of people who lack basic digital skills by 25% by 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 03/06/2015 11:28:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

347364

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what qualifications and at what level are required of the personnel in charge who have responsibility for children taking part in residential training weeks under the National Citizen Service scheme.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>All National Citizen Service (NCS) delivery staff must hold a DBS check and possess the relevant qualifications required to fulfil their roles. The NCS Trust has worked with the Institute for Outdoor Learning to develop specific quality standards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 03/06/2015 15:51:25 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

347128

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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 a reduction in the number of Parliamentary constituencies to 600 would be accompanied by increases to the budgets available to hon. Members for office running costs.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies (PVSC) Act 2011 currently provides for the number of constituencies to be reduced from 650 to 600 and the Government remains committed to equalising the size of constituencies in order to make votes of more equal value, regardless of where in the country voters live.</p><p>The Boundary Commissions are currently due to commence work on their next reviews of Parliamentary constituencies in spring 2016 in order to submit final reports by 1 October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is responsible for the regulation and payment of expenses, including office running costs, to Members of the House of Commons.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 263 264 291 question first answered 03/06/2015 12:02:00 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347133

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electorate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many UK citizens of voting age are currently living overseas; and how many citizens of EU countries of voting age excluding the UK, Ireland, Cyprus and Malta live in (a) the UK and (b) Islington South and Finsbury constituency.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>There are no official Government statistics on the number of UK citizens of voting age resident overseas, but the World Bank’s “Estimates of Migrants Stocks in 2010” as updated by the UN Department for Social and Economic Affairs in 2013 estimates there were approximately 5.2 million British born migrants living overseas.<strong><br> <br> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics’ Annual Population Survey estimates that the total number of EU citizens (excluding British citizens) resident in the UK was 2,507,000 in 2013 (excluding the citizens of Ireland, Cyprus and Malta). The estimates are broken down by local authority rather than Parliamentary constituency.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 04/06/2015 11:48:14 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347139

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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 expects the Boundary Commissions to begin their work on the next general review of Parliamentary constituencies; whether he expects this review to be conducted in accordance with Part 2 of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies (PVSC) Act 2011 currently provides for the number of constituencies to be reduced from 650 to 600 and the Government remains committed to equalising the size of constituencies in order to make votes of more equal value, regardless of where in the country voters live.</p><p>The Boundary Commissions are currently due to commence work on their next reviews of Parliamentary constituencies in spring 2016 in order to submit final reports by 1 October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is responsible for the regulation and payment of expenses, including office running costs, to Members of the House of Commons.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 263 264 273 question first answered 03/06/2015 12:02:00 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347142

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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, with reference to to the Written Statement of 9 January 2015, HCWS18, on maximising voter registration, what proportion of each of the funding streams has been spent in (a) England, Wales and Scotland combined, (b) England, (c) London, (d) the London Borough of Islington and (e) Islington South and Finsbury constituency to date.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>A full breakdown of the funding allocations for all EROs is available at the following link: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/news/10-million-boost-for-voter-registration" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/news/10-million-boost-for-voter-registration</a></p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 03/06/2015 11:59:35 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347145

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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, with reference to to the Written Statement of 9 January 2015, HCWS18, on maximising voter registration, if the Government will provide further funding to electoral registration officers to maximise voter registration once the transition to individual electoral registration is complete.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Over £14million has been invested over the last two financial years to support the completeness and accuracy of the register, including in the run up to the General Election.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is due to publish an analysis of the electoral registers used for these elections in June and the Government will consider further steps in the light of this report.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 107 question first answered 03/06/2015 11:55:12 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347149

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Security Council: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the minutes and a summary of the most recent meeting of the National Security Council.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	87
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The National Security Council is a Cabinet Committee. Information related to the proceedings of Cabinet Committees is not disclosed, as to do so could harm the frankness and candour of internal discussion. We do not comment on specifics relating to the National Security Council or national security issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 01/06/2015 15:51:28 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

347150

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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, with reference to the Answer of 6 May 2014 to Question HL6721, what steps the Government plans to take to maximise voter registration before 1 December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Over £14million has been invested over the last two financial years to support the completeness and accuracy of the register, including in the run up to the General Election.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is due to publish an analysis of the electoral registers used for these elections in June and the Government will consider further steps in the light of this report.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 106 question first answered 03/06/2015 11:55:12 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347157

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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, with reference to the Written Statement of 5 July 2013, Official Report, column 71WS, what proportion of (a) the Targeted Canvassing Fund, (b) the ERO Registration Fund, (c) the Innovation Fund and (d) Schools Outreach has been spent in (i) England, Wales and Scotland combined, (ii) England, (iii) London, (iv) the London Borough of Islington and (v) Islington South and Finsbury constituency to date.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>In July 2013 £4.2million funding was announced to support efforts aimed at increasing the completeness and accuracy of the register. In October 2013 £385,848 of this funding was awarded to 24 successful Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) applicants. The remainder of the funding, as announced on 5 February 2014, was shared between every ERO in Great Britain and five national organisations. Full information is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/funding-for-new-ways-to-encourage-voter-registration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/funding-for-new-ways-to-encourage-voter-registration</a></p><p>In addition almost £10million was invested in 2014/15 aimed at maximising levels of voter registration with £6.8million being shared among every ERO in Great Britain.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 04/06/2015 11:52:32 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry