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1079319

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Hybrid Warfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which hybrid warfare is being used as a tool to interfere with public opinion.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	227167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>We know that certain states routinely use hybrid warfare, disinformation, ‘bots’ and hacking as foreign policy tools. It’s not surprising that they should try to influence the UK to further their own agendas. There is no evidence of successful interference, but the UK is not complacent to this threat. We are actively monitoring to identify and understand disinformation campaigns, and are taking action to ensure our democracy remains secure.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 07/03/2019 12:32:00 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1081912

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Population
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the net change in the number of people in the working age population as a result of ageing demographic trends in the UK and excluding in-year migrants in the (a) last five years and (b) next five years.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	227977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 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 Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 11/03/2019 10:12:14 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ227977.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1081924

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the Government has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) billboards and (b) other physical advertisements on how the public should prepare for the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	228168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is leading and coordinating the cross-departmental Prepare for EU Exit public information campaign to help fulfil the Government’s duty to inform citizens and businesses about how leaving the EU might affect them, and to advise them on the steps they may need to take to prepare. In the coming weeks and months, we plan to use a range of paid-for and no-cost channels to direct citizens and businesses to a dedicated area on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> at Gov.uk/euexit.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office has undertaken to publish information relating to ongoing expenditure on the public information campaign as part of the department’s regular data transparency releases. The latest release <em>(</em><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data</a></em>) showed that as of 31 December 2018, expenditure relating to this campaign totalled £300,000. In conjunction, Cabinet Office will disclose full costs regarding the Out of Home advertising strand as part of these data sets in due course.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 07/03/2019 12:30:32 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1079587

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
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 Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2019 to Question, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the compatibility of registration officers’ systems for managing registration data between local authority areas.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	227388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no immediate plans to assess the potential merits of requiring the compatibility of registration officers’ systems for managing registration data between local authority areas. All registration officers’ systems have compatibility with the Individual Electoral Registration Digital Service (IERDS), which allows Electoral Registration Officers to notify other officers of moved electors, as well as other functionalities. Cabinet Office officials are, however, working on a continual basis to ensure all necessary improvements are made to the IERDS to ensure it serves the needs of local Electoral Registration Officers.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 07/03/2019 16:56:31 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1079337

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit: Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost to the public purse of holding a second referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	227039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made. The Government has no plans to hold another referendum on EU membership. The Government remains committed to delivering on the result of the 2016 EU referendum by leaving the EU.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 05/03/2019 11:30:36 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1079426

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the Government has made of the cost to the public purse of the planned television advertisements outlining how the UK's exit from the EU will affect the public.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	227162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is leading and coordinating the cross-departmental Prepare for EU Exit public information campaign to help fulfil the Government’s duty to inform citizens and businesses about how leaving the EU might affect them, and to advise them on the steps they may need to take to prepare. In the coming weeks and months, we plan to use a range of paid-for and no-cost channels to direct citizens and businesses to a dedicated area on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> at Gov.uk/euexit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office has undertaken to publish information relating to ongoing expenditure on the public information campaign as part of the department’s monthly data transparency releases. The latest release <em>(</em><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data</a></em>) showed that as of 31 December 2018, expenditure relating to this campaign totalled £300,000. In conjunction, Cabinet Office has committed to disclose full costs regarding the TV advertising as part of these data releases in due course.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 05/03/2019 11:32:01 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1078499

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Rapid Response Unit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's Rapid Response Unit.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	226754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Following a successful period of pilot operations from April 2018, the Rapid Response Unit (RRU) was recently given permanent funding. The RRU is helping government to understand the increasingly complex online news environment. This ensures government communications are impactful and that we are able to act with speed to ensure we tackle false information identified online, promoting a fact-based public debate.</p><p> </p><p>The unit is driving improvements across government, providing media offices with the tools and skills needed to communicate effectively with citizens in an increasingly fragmented media landscape. This involves raising standards of reporting and evaluation, and ensuring communications professionals are able to quickly and effectively respond to the modern news environment, including mis- and disinformation.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 04/03/2019 17:13:16 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1078515

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Supply Chains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what checks HMRC makes to ensure that the supply chains of government contractors are tax compliant.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	226687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Regulation 57 of the Public Contracts Regulations sets out the conditions in which contracting authorities must exclude bidders from a procurement process where they have established by verification or are otherwise aware, of a final and binding judicial or administrative decision that a bidder is in breach of tax and social security obligations. Contracting authorities may also exclude a bidder from participation in a procurement procedure where the contracting authority can demonstrate by any appropriate means that the bidder is in breach of its obligations relating to the payment of taxes or social security contributions.</p><p> </p><p>Regulation 71(8) extends these powers to exclude subcontractors.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 05/03/2019 11:33:13 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1078522

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cervical Cancer: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women aged 65 and over were diagnosed with cervical cancer in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	226679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 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 Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 04/03/2019 11:57:55 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ226679.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1078544

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	One Public Estate Programme: West Sussex
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 through its One Public Estate programme to identify and release surplus public sector land for local regeneration projects in (a) Crawley constituency and (b) West Sussex.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	226651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>One Public Estate is a national programme that supports central and local government and wider public sector partners to collaborate on property-led projects. It aims to generate efficiencies, create economic growth (including homes and jobs) and deliver better, more integrated customer services. This includes supporting the identification and development of surplus and under-utilised public sector land and property.</p><p> </p><p>The West Sussex Partnership is led by West Sussex County Council and includes Crawley alongside seven district and borough councils, emergency services and health partners. To date, the Partnership has been allocated a total of £795,000.</p><p> </p><p>In Crawley, the programme is supporting local plans for town centre regeneration, which will explore the potential to develop a range of public sector assets within the town. The project will also look at the potential for a multi-agency hub. This could see a range of public services co-located, delivering significant efficiency savings and potential capital receipts for both central and local government, as well as driving local economic growth.</p><p> </p><p>The wider West Sussex One Public Estate programme includes county-wide projects that will consider opportunities to regenerate other towns, release surplus public sector land for housing or mixed use development, and deliver integrated services for local communities.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 05/03/2019 11:34:39 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith