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748034

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	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, if he will make it his policy to use the June 2017 electoral registration figures to inform a future boundary review.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government's manifesto re-affirms the commitment to deliver equal and updated boundaries and reduce the size of the House of Commons.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Following laws already passed by Parliament that set out the date of the electoral register to be used at boundary reviews, and provide that the current Boundary Review should be based on the electoral registers from 2015, the independent and impartial Boundary Commissions are consulting on their proposals to deliver the boundary changes, and they will submit their final proposals to Parliament in autumn 2018. These reforms will ensure fair and equal representation for the voting public across the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>Equalising the size of constituencies in the Boundary Review will ensure everyone’s vote will carry equal weight. Without such boundary reforms, MPs could end up representing constituencies based on data that is over 20 years’ old, disregarding significant changes in demographics, house building and migration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 10/07/2017 16:27:29 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

748038

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	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 Constituency Boundary Review is on track to report by 1 October 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government's manifesto re-affirms the commitment to deliver equal and updated boundaries and reduce the size of the House of Commons.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The progress of the current boundary review, which is proceeding in accordance with the laws already passed by Parliament, is a matter for the independent and impartial Boundary Commissions. Further information can be found on the websites for each of the four Boundary Commissions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 2730 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:29:28 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

748039

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Polling Stations: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to introduce a requirement for voters to produce personal identification at a polling station to receive a ballot paper.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>In line with its manifesto commitment, the Government intends to legislate to ensure that a form of identification must be presented before voting. It is intended that this requirement be tested through pilot schemes at the May 2018 elections. Pilots will help to identify the best way of administering this new requirement.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is continuing to work with the Law Commission on how best to implement the recommendations of their review of electoral law in collaboration with other stakeholders. We will respond to their report in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 2731 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:26:12 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

748043

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	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 it remains Government policy to reduce the number of parliamentary constituencies to 600.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government's manifesto re-affirms the commitment to deliver equal and updated boundaries and reduce the size of the House of Commons.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The progress of the current boundary review, which is proceeding in accordance with the laws already passed by Parliament, is a matter for the independent and impartial Boundary Commissions. Further information can be found on the websites for each of the four Boundary Commissions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 2734 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:29:28 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

748044

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to respond to the Law Commission's 2016 review of electoral law.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>In line with its manifesto commitment, the Government intends to legislate to ensure that a form of identification must be presented before voting. It is intended that this requirement be tested through pilot schemes at the May 2018 elections. Pilots will help to identify the best way of administering this new requirement.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is continuing to work with the Law Commission on how best to implement the recommendations of their review of electoral law in collaboration with other stakeholders. We will respond to their report in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 2735 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:26:12 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

748046

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Government: Welsh Language
	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 ensure that all content on the gov.uk website is accessible to Welsh language users.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Cabinet Office is committed to ensuring that the needs of Welsh language speakers are recognised and met.<a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank"> GOV.UK</a> gives every central government organisation the ability to publish content in Welsh.</p><p><strong><br></strong>There are currently more than 2,000 Welsh-language pages on<a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank"> GOV.UK</a>, an increase of over 50 percent in the past 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/07/2017 16:17:20 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

748048

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Welsh Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government services are only available in the Welsh language on request.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Government departments are accountable for the provision of their services in the Welsh language, guided by the requirements of their individual Welsh Language schemes. Each department has its own system for understanding the need to translate services, for example whether they accept translation requests from the public.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/07/2017 16:16:16 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

748049

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Welsh Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a right to equality of service for Welsh language users of Government digital services.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that the needs of Welsh language speakers are recognised and met. The Government Digital Service is working together with Wales Office to understand how high-quality online user journeys can best be provided to Welsh-language speakers.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 2921 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:18:31 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

748050

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Welsh Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing all Government digital services in the Welsh language in addition to English.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that the needs of Welsh language speakers are recognised and met. The Government Digital Service is working together with Wales Office to understand how high-quality online user journeys can best be provided to Welsh-language speakers.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 2920 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:18:31 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams