Written questions

Cat Smith

1,750 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

UK Youth Parliament: Operating Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how his Department calculated the running costs of the UK Youth Parliament in preparation for the 2021-22 Grant.

12 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which age groups will have received a covid-19 vaccination ahead of the elections on 6 May 2021.

23 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epilepsy: Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report published by MBRRACE entitled Saving lives, improving mothers' care, what data his Department holds on the number of (a) women that die from Sudden Unexplained Death in

23 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

Voting Methods: Visual Impairment

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2021 to Question 169884 on Voting Methods: Visual Impairment, for what reasons the answer to that Question did not specify how many loc

23 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the results of the research carried out by Ipsos Mori for the Cabinet Office under the contract entitled Provision of Research for ID Pilots Survey, th

18 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

Democracy

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the Government's National Democracy Week 2019; how many events the Government held during that week; and how

18 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

Democracy

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to run National Democracy Week in 2021.

18 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register: Travellers

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding has been allocated to improving voter registration levels among Gypsy, Traveller and Roma people over the last 10 years.

18 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding has been allocated to improve voter registration levels among Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people since 2018.

18 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding his Department allocated to improving voter registration in the UK in (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020.

18 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total (a) financial and (b) administrative costs were of his Department's support for running the 2019 Voter ID pilots for each participating local authority.

16 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2021 to Question 164520 what evidence voters will be asked to provide in order to verify their identity to local authorities when appl

16 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

Voting Methods: Visual Impairment

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the results of the Government's pilot schemes of the audio voting device to make voting accessible for blind and partially sighted people will be evaluated.

16 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

Voting Methods: Visual Impairment

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many local authorities are due to take part in his Department's pilot schemes of the audio voting device to make voting accessible for blind and partially sighted peo

10 Mar 2021 · Scotland Office

Broadcasting: Scotland

If he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on ensuring that public sector broadcasters uphold obligations on impartiality during election periods in Scotland.

8 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government's Voter ID plans, how voters will be asked to prove their identity to local authorities when applying for their free local elector ID.

3 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria were used to determine the membership of the Patient Reference Group that will consider the recommendations in the report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Revie

3 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Pharmacy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to support community pharmacies.

2 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Epilepsy

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of people with epilepsy entering employment.