Cat Smith

24 Jan 2018 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to increase voter registration among attainers; and if she will issue special guidance to electoral registration officers on working with schools to increase voter registration among scho

23 Jan 2018 · Cabinet Office

Polling Stations

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many polling stations were open during the 2017 General Election.

23 Jan 2018 · Cabinet Office

Returning Officers: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of ending the right to personal fees for returning officers.

23 Jan 2018 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Finance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2018 to Question 121014, on returning officers: pay, what the review of funding of elections will cover; what progress has be made on that review; which bodies are involved in

23 Jan 2018 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require (a) candidates and (b) election agents to publish their home address.

15 Jan 2018 · Cabinet Office

Drugs: Death

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths were related to (a) benzodiazepines, (b) Z-drugs and (c) antidepressants in each of the last 12 months.

10 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescription Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many licences for the manufacture or supply of (a) benzodiazepines (b) z drugs and (c) antidepressants have been issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in the last ye

10 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescription Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) hospital admissions and (b) deaths related to (i) benzodiazepines, (ii) z drugs and (ii) antidepressants there were in the last year.

10 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescription Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescriptions for (a) benzodiazepines, (b) z drugs and (c) antidepressants were issued in the last year.

5 Jan 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Industry: Morecambe Bay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will recognise the partnership formed by local authorities in Lancaster, the South Lakes and Barrow in Furness to allow that partnership to develop its own local

21 Dec 2017 · Cabinet Office

Returning Officers: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will review the merits and value to the public purse of additional payments or fees for Returning Officers at local and national elections.

21 Dec 2017 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Finance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons the budgets of Returning Officers and Electoral Registration Officers are exempt from Freedom of Information requirements; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing tha

21 Dec 2017 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Visual Impairment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2017 to Question 118799, what changes he recommended for the Certificate of Visual Impairment in England; and what obligations will be placed on electoral administrators as

13 Dec 2017 · Cabinet Office

General Elections: Costs

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to publish detailed reports and the supporting datasets on the cost to the public purse of the (a) 2015 General Election and (b) 2017 General Election.

13 Dec 2017 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Data Protection

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of the EU General Data Protection Regulation on the roles and responsibilities of Electoral Registration Officers and Returning Officers; and what steps the Government i

12 Dec 2017 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Disability

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to ensure that people on a disability register can be contacted by electoral administrators in advance of an election to check that (a) they are registered to vote and (b) that adequate s

12 Dec 2017 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Polling Stations: Learning Disability

To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what training and guidance polling station staff receive before elections on the (a) challenges faced by and (b) support available

12 Dec 2017 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Electoral Register: Learning Disability

To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will make issue guidance on (a) registering to vote and (b) participating in elections for parents and

12 Dec 2017 · Cabinet Office

Ballot Papers: Learning Disability

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of (a) the introduction of easy-read ballot papers with images of candidates and (b) making available ballot papers prior to the day for people with a learni

12 Dec 2017 · Cabinet Office

Care Quality Commission

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussion she has had with the representatives of the Care Quality Commission on the inclusion of democratic participation in the Commission's assessment framework.

12 Dec 2017 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Disability

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will undertake a consultation on trends in levels of (a) registration and (b) participation in elections of disabled people.

12 Dec 2017 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Local Government: Elections

To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to ensure that people without a fixed address are able to register to vote ahead of t

12 Dec 2017 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

UK Membership of EU: Referendums

To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many claims for services and expenses of returning officers in connection with the EU referendum are (a) have been settled and

12 Dec 2017 · Cabinet Office

Returning Officers: Police and Crime Commissioners

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many election payments for services and expenses of returning officers in connection with the 2016 Elections for Police and Crime Commissioners (a) have been settled and (b) remain outstanding; and if he wil

12 Dec 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to include responsibility for young people within the portfolio of a specified Minister; to establish a champion for young people; and take steps to ensure

12 Dec 2017 · Cabinet Office

Elections

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant the Answer of 4 September 2017 to Question 7725 on Elections, when he plans to respond to the Law Commission's 2016 report; and what the reason is for the time taken to publish that response.

12 Dec 2017 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2017 to Question 116339 , if he will publish the exploratory work his Department has undertaken on the creation of an online service to enable people to check if they are reg

11 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

Fleetwood Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2017 to Question 116525, what discussions his Department has had with (a) local authorities and (b) other partners on re-opening the Fleetwood to Poulton-le-Fylde rail line

8 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Guide Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will amend the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Taxis) (Carrying of Guide Dogs etc) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Private Hire Vehicles) (Carriage of

8 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy Expert Committee

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have been appointed as members of the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy Expert Committee to date.