Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to the public purse to date is of the Boundary Commission for England's 2018 Review.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The cost to the public purse of the Boundary Commission for England’s 2018 Review to date is £3.3 million.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2017 to Question 2214, on electoral register: proof of identity, which local authorities his Department is currently engaged with.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
We continue to be open to discussion with any local authority interested in voter ID pilots. We will make an announcement in due course once we have confirmed which local authorities are participating.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2017 to Question 689, if he will publish the list of areas in which voter identification pilots will take place in the May 2018 elections.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
We are currently engaging with local authorities. We will make an announcement later in the year once we have confirmed which local authorities are participating.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to pilot voter identification at the 2018 local elections.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
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.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to (a) establish and (b) announce the appointment of members to the Infrastructure and Projects Authority Board.
Answered by Ben Gummer
The Infrastructure and Projects Authority reports jointly to the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury. The membership of the boards of these organisations is published on GOV.UK. There is no separate Infrastructure and Projects Authority Board and there are no current plans to establish one.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cyber-security breaches government departments recorded that involved Ransomware viruses in the last 12 months for which data is available.
Answered by Ben Gummer
For security reasons the Government does not comment on specific details of cyber security attacks. We are continuously monitoring and managing the security risks to all HMG systems.
Sixty-eight cyber incidents from all types of organisations were voluntarily reported to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in its first month of operation (1-31 October 2016). These incidents vary in scale, nature and target. Seven of these were reported ransomware incidents.
In November, the Government published its new National Cyber Security Strategy. This Strategy is supported by £1.9billion of transformational investment. The Strategy sets out ambitious policies to protect the UK in cyber space. The strategy will deliver policies and capabilities, building on three core pillars to: defend our people, businesses and assets across the public and private sectors; deter and disrupt our adversaries- states, criminals and hacktivists; develop critical capabilities to build skills, support growth and stimulate science and technology.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the figures on central government spend with small and medium-sized enterprises, published on 5 December 2015, how much of the £12.1 billion was spent in 2014-15 with businesses located in the OL1, OL2, OL3, OL4, OL8, OL9 and M35 postcode areas.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Crown Commercial Service only collects regional spend data for direct spend with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), so the following figures, which are taken from the Governments Spend Analytical tool, Bravo, do not incorporate spend through the supply chain.
Direct spend with SMEs of £205,978,657.91 was reported in 2014-15 for the North West of England.
During the same period, the following amounts were reported as going to small businesses in the requested locations:
OL1 - £2,706,290.86
OL2 - £18,611.30
OL3 - £54,984.10
OL4 - £66,325.40
OL8 - £83,737.93
OL9 - £566,399.25
M35 - £76,074.91
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much central government expenditure on small and medium-sized enterprises in 2014-15 was spent in the North West.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Crown Commercial Service only collects regional spend data for direct spend with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), so the following figures, which are taken from the Governments Spend Analytical tool, Bravo, do not incorporate spend through the supply chain.
Direct spend with SMEs of £205,978,657.91 was reported in 2014-15 for the North West of England.
During the same period, the following amounts were reported as going to small businesses in the requested locations:
OL1 - £2,706,290.86
OL2 - £18,611.30
OL3 - £54,984.10
OL4 - £66,325.40
OL8 - £83,737.93
OL9 - £566,399.25
M35 - £76,074.91