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1166620

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date	28/10/2019
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	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates the online register to vote service has been offline as a result of (a) non-scheduled maintenance and (b) non-maintenance issues; and for how many hours it was offline on each of those days in October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	6344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The Register to Vote website has had no downtime so far in October 2019 as a result of non-scheduled maintenance or non-maintenance issues.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 31/10/2019 15:39:35 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1166624

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit: Publicity
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, what estimate he has made of the number of members of the public his Department plans to inform through the Get Ready for Brexit campaign.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	6207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>“Get Ready for Brexit” is a public information campaign that provides the facts citizens and businesses need to know about the preparations they need to take to be ready for when the UK leaves the EU.</p><p>The campaign aims to reach as many UK citizens and businesses as possible and to ensure key messages are delivered to groups most likely to need to take action before the UK leaves the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 31/10/2019 15:37:21 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1166625

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit: Publicity
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, whether the Get Ready for Brexit campaign remains operational.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	6208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign is being paused and reviewed following the EU’s agreement to a Brexit extension until 31 January.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 31/10/2019 15:36:58 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1166626

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit: Publicity
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, if he will publish the business case for the Get Ready for Brexit campaign.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	6209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>There are no plans to publish the business case for the ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign; as has been the usual practice of successive administrations regarding officials’ advice to Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 31/10/2019 15:43:05 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1166628

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit: Publicity
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, in which (a) print, (b) broadcast and (c) digital media outlets advertising space has been purchased for the Get Ready for Brexit campaign.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	6211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>“Get Ready for Brexit” is a public information campaign that provides the facts citizens and businesses need to know about the steps they need to take to be ready for when the UK leaves the EU.</p><p>The campaign has used a broad range of advertising platforms across print (including national and regional newspapers), broadcast (including national and regional radio and TV stations) and digital media (including multiple social media platforms and news websites), in both the UK and other EU27 countries.</p><p>The campaign aims to reach as many UK citizens and businesses as possible and to ensure key messages are delivered to groups most likely to need to take action before the UK leaves the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 31/10/2019 15:38:00 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1166630

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Digital Technology
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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2019 to Question 1565, how many of those 17,000 Digital, Data and Technology professionals are (a) directly employed civil servants and (b) contingent workers.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	6213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>Of the 15,508 DDaT professionals we have validated, so far, as part of the recent DDaT workforce commission (July 2019), there are approximately 9,955 civil servants, 3,469 contingent workers and 2,084 professionals with an unreported resource type.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 31/10/2019 15:42:42 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1166709

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants and Ministerial Policy Advisers: Security
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, with reference to the Answer of 30 September 2019 to Question 290323 on Civil Servants and Ministerial Policy Advisers, the Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 291490 on Democracy: Subversion and pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2019 to Question 529 on Ministerial Policy Advisers, what assessment he has made of compliance by (a) officials and (b) special advisers that (i) developed and (ii) recommended proposals on the unlawful prorogation of Parliament with National Security vetting requirements in relation to activities intended to undermine Parliamentary democracy by political means.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	6352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>Over and above routine security practices in place for vetted individuals, no further assessment has been made. In relation to the decision to prorogue Parliament, at all times the Government acted in the good faith and belief that its approach was both lawful and constitutional.</p><p>With regards to security practices, it would be inappropriate to comment on the compliance of any individual as to their National Security Vetting outside of the proper channels for doing so; these being internal to the security vetting regime. All such channels are confidential in order to ensure the integrity of the process, and the privacy and confidentiality of the subject(s).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 31/10/2019 15:41:41 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1166800

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Living Wage
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, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2019 to Question 2834 on Cabinet Office: Living Wage, what the evidential basis is for the estimate that 46,000 civil servants earn below the Living Wage Foundation’s living wage or London living wage; and how many of those 46,000 civil servants were based in (a) London and (b) outside London.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	6468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>Pay for civil servants below the senior civil service is delegated to individual departments to determine. The 46,000 civil servants that earn below the voluntary living wage rates is an estimate using a range of data sources, as not all the required information is held centrally. This includes the 2019 Civil Service Statistics data, estimates from individual departments, and estimates of contracted working hours in each department.</p><p>On this basis, as of 31 March 2019 the overall number of civil servants based in London earning below the London Living wage (£10.55) stood at approximately 1,500. The number based outside London and earning below the voluntary living wage outside London (£9.00), stood at approximately 44,000.</p><p>Detailed information on the Civil Service Statistics and its data collection can be found here:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2019" target="_blank"> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2019</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 31/10/2019 15:44:05 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1166867

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Campaigns: Disinformation
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, what steps the Government is taking to tackle online deep fakes in political campaigning.
tabling member constituency	Hastings and Rye
tabling member printed	Amber Rudd
uin	6345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the potential challenges artificial intelligence and digitally manipulated content, including “deepfakes”, may pose. We are considering these issues carefully as part of cross-Whitehall efforts to tackle online manipulation.</p><p>The Cabinet Office is taking a cross-Government approach to the safeguarding of our electoral processes through the Defending Democracy programme, including in relation to online manipulation. The Government has announced a range of measures to safeguard UK elections, including commitments to launch a consultation on electoral integrity and implementing a digital imprints regime for online election material. More detail on both of these will be brought forward in the coming months.</p><p>The Online Harms White Paper set out the Government's plans for world-leading legislation to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online. We intend to establish a new statutory duty of care on companies towards their users, overseen by an independent regulator, to ensure companies have appropriate processes in place to deal with harmful content on their service, and keep their users safe. Disinformation is one of the harms proposed to be in scope of the regulator.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 31/10/2019 15:39:18 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd

1166904

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Early Years Ministerial Group on Family Support
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, whether he plans to publish the recommendations of the inter-ministerial group on early years family support.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	6263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office previously led on the inter-ministerial group (IMG) on early years family support. The IMG has concluded its work and has now disbanded. The recommendations are presently with Secretaries of State for consideration of next steps. We will consider publication once their view is clearer. Given that the emotional and social development of babies and young children is a broad and complicated issue, the responsibility for the area sits across multiple departments including MHCLG, DfE, DHSC and DWP.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 6264 6265 question first answered 31/10/2019 15:40:55 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb