Cat Smith

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Politics and Government: Young People

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many youth democracy ambassadors have been recruited for the Suffrage Centenary Programme; and how many youth democracy ambassadors are in receipt of free school meals.

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has plans to remove the statutory requirement to publish the home address of election agents.

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Ballot Papers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled New Electoral Laws proposed to combat intimidation in public life, published on 6 February 2018, what progress has been made on removing the requirement

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Campaigns

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on the recommendation by the Committee on Standards in Public Life Review of Intimidation in Public Life to extend electoral law requirements for an imprint on campaigning materia

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on the introduction of changes to the Register to vote website.

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made on electoral registration improvement programmes.

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on reforming the annual canvass of electors.

1 Jun 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Youth Services: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) open access youth work for 13 to 19 year olds, (b) wages for qualified Joint Negotiating Committee youth workers and (c)

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many allegations of impersonation were made to the police in each of the five local authorities piloting voter ID at the 2018 local government elections; and what proportion of votes cast in each of the five

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Local Government: Elections

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

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Elections

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions has he had with the Electoral Commission on changes to electoral law.

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Constituencies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent from the public purse to date on the 2018 boundary review; and if he will make a statement.

1 Jun 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made on the effect of fake news disseminated on the internet on voting in the UK; and what steps he is taking to tackle fake news in relation to elections.

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Elections

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contingency plans his Department has in the event that it is alerted to online interference with information systems for UK elections.

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the adequacy of national electoral registers used by (a) EU and (b) other countries in relation to the introduction of a centralised, national electora

1 Jun 2018 · Home Office

Police and Crime Commissioners: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Police and Crime Commissioners are subject to a purdah period in relation to elections.

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to increase voter registration within Commonwealth communities in the UK.

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Voting Behaviour

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect on trends in the level of voting in elections of opening polling stations at weekends.

1 Jun 2018 · Women and Equalities

Candidates: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government plans to extend the timeframe for the Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Act 2002 to enable political parties to use all-women shortlists after 2030.

1 Jun 2018 · Women and Equalities

Candidates: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to section 106 of the Equality Act 2010, when the Government plans to bring into force a statutory requirement for political parties to publish their parliamentary candidate diversity data for

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Polling Stations: Disability

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of (a) the adequacy of the tactile voting device used in polling stations for blind and visually impaired voters and (b) the potential merits of a replacement of that device to

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Polling Stations: Disability

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that polling stations are accessible for people with disabilities.

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Local Government: Elections

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.

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of piloting polling day voter registration to increase voter turnout.

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Voting Rights

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on extending the franchise to all legal residents of the UK.

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Politics: Education

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Every Voice Matters: Building A Democracy That Works For Everyone, published by his Department on 19 December 2017, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the Department for Edu

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register: Internet

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of people who registered to vote by means of the online registration service did so without providing a national insurance number in (a) 2014, (b) 2015, (c) 2016, (d) 2017 and (e) 2018.

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register: Internet

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with no (a) fixed and (b) permanent address will be able to register to vote using the online registration service.

1 Jun 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Suicide: Helium

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the availability of helium gas on suicide rates.

1 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to the public purse was of conducting the 2018 local government elections.