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1002187

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will publish the statutory orders for each of the electoral pilot schemes taking place at local government elections in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	188226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making sure that our electoral system is fit for the future.</p><p> </p><p>Orders enabling the pilot scheme to require voters to present identification before voting at</p><p>a polling station will be published on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The orders derive from the Representation of the People Act 2000, which makes provision for local authorities to submit proposals to pilot innovative electoral administration practices at local</p><p>government elections.</p><p> </p><p>The success of the voter ID pilots in May this year proves that voter ID is a reasonable and</p><p>proportionate measure. On 3 November the Government announced that eleven local</p><p>authorities across England would be taking part in voter ID pilots for the 2019 local elections:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/next-round-of-voter-id-pilots-announced-for-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/next-round-of-voter-id-pilots-announced-for-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>The pilots will give us a deeper understanding of how voter ID will work on a wider scale and</p><p>what works best for voters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/11/2018 16:00:24 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

964404

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
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 22 May 2018 to Question 145350, what the cost of delivering the voter ID pilots and the postal voting pilots at the local government elections in May 2018 was in each local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	169484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making sure that our electoral system is fit for the future. Vulnerabilities cannot be allowed to undermine the integrity of our democracy.</p><p> </p><p>The accounting process is being completed for the cost of each local authority pilot.</p><p>As set out ahead of the pilots, funding for the net additional costs of piloting is provided by the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 11/09/2018 11:55:08 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

917364

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the correspondence of April 2018 between the Equality and Human Rights Commission and the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the Electoral Commission scrutinised the Equality Impact Assessments carried out by the five local authorities participating in the voter ID pilots; and at what point that scrutiny took place.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	150177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p><strong>The Electoral Commission offered, during the set-up of the pilots, to comment on the Equality Impact Assessment produced by each pilot area. </strong></p><p><strong><strong>The Commission received the documents as they became available from October 2017 onwards and provided comments either directly to the pilot authority or via the Cabinet Office.</strong></strong></p><p><strong>The Commission’s evaluation will consider if any of the pilot provisions had a disproportionate impact on particular groups in these areas.</strong></p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 11/06/2018 08:50:35 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

914842

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	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many non-UK EU citizens living in the UK voted in the 2018 local government elections.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	148878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of citizens from EU Member States other than the UK who voted at the local elections is not recorded.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 11/06/2018 16:44:29 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

914844

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	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whats steps his Department took to increase voter registration prior to the 2018 local government elections.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	148879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p>The Electoral Commission has a responsibility for promoting public awareness of elections, including registration. Ahead of the 2018 local government elections, the Electoral Commission ran a successful campaign - Got 5? - which encouraged people to register to vote online using the Government’s Register to Vote website. In turn, the Government supported the Electoral Commission’s campaign through social media.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the use of the website in the run up to the local elections can be found here: <a href="http://gov.uk/performance/register-to-vote" target="_blank">http://gov.uk/performance/register-to-vote</a></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 07/06/2018 11:45:49 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

914853

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	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government took to encourage people unable to vote in person to apply for a postal vote for the 2018 local government elections.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	148885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s Register to Vote website allows electors to request the necessary form(s) to apply to vote by post or proxy. The gov.uk website also provides forms for electors to download, complete and send to their Local Registration Office. In addition, the Electoral Commission and local authorities provide information and guidance for those electors who cannot vote in person and wish to vote by post or proxy.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/06/2018 14:39:30 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

914858

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	Local Government: Elections
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 number of cases of alleged electoral fraud relating to nomination that took place at the 2018 local government elections.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	148887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to creating a clear and secure democracy that works for</p><p>everyone and, as part of this, wants to ensure that fraud is stamped out in all elections. Any</p><p>instance of electoral fraud is one instance too many. The Electoral Commission collates information on allegations of electoral fraud at elections and in due course will publish a report covering polls held in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 148909 question first answered 07/06/2018 09:58:45 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

914860

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	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to the public purse was of conducting the 2018 local government elections.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	148889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The costs of local elections are not collated centrally. The funding of local elections is a matter for each local authority.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 11/06/2018 15:23:42 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

914964

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	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of the introduction of all-postal voting in local elections.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	148896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>No assessment has been made of the use of all-postal voting since the need to provide personal identifiers was introduced in the Electoral Administration Act 2006. Unless personal identifiers are held for every elector, all-postal voting cannot be utilised.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 07/06/2018 10:04:13 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

914989

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	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many allegations of impersonation were made to the police in relation to the 2018 local government elections; how many of those allegations are under investigation; and what the proportion of the votes cast at those elections those cases represent.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	148909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to creating a clear and secure democracy that works for</p><p>everyone and, as part of this, wants to ensure that fraud is stamped out in all elections. Any</p><p>instance of electoral fraud is one instance too many. The Electoral Commission collates information on allegations of electoral fraud at elections and in due course will publish a report covering polls held in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 148887 question first answered 07/06/2018 09:58:45 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith