Asked by: Michael Fallon (Conservative - Sevenoaks)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans his Department has to work with the devolved administrations on their proposed pilots of online voting.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The Government engages on a regular basis with the Scottish Government and Welsh Government on a range of matters relating to elections. The Government currently has no plans to pilot electronic voting at polls for which it is responsible, although we are interested to hear about the responses received by the Scottish Government and Welsh Government on this issue.
Asked by: Michael Fallon (Conservative - Sevenoaks)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps would be required for a local council in England to initiate a pilot of online voting.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The Government currently has no plans to pilot online voting and is committed in its 2017 manifesto to retain the traditional method of voting by pencil and paper.
Section 10 of the Representation of the People Act 2000 enables electoral pilot schemes to be held at local level elections in England and Wales. Under section 10, a local authority that wishes to hold a pilot must submit proposals for a scheme to the Secretary of State who will decide whether or not to approve the scheme. If the proposals are approved, the Secretary of State will make an order making the necessary provision to implement the scheme.
Asked by: Michael Fallon (Conservative - Sevenoaks)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many regulations were repealed in calendar years 2014, 2015 and 2016.
Answered by David Lidington
Cabinet Office does not maintain a central database of all regulations made and repealed. All secondary legislation is available at www.legislation.gov.uk . The regular business impact target reports available on gov.uk include details of the regulatory provisions that have come into force or ceased to be in force.
Asked by: Michael Fallon (Conservative - Sevenoaks)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new regulations were introduced in calendar years 2014, 2015 and 2016.
Answered by David Lidington
Cabinet Office does not maintain a central database of all regulations made and repealed. All secondary legislation is available at www.legislation.gov.uk . The regular business impact target reports available on gov.uk include details of the regulatory provisions that have come into force or ceased to be in force.
Asked by: Michael Fallon (Conservative - Sevenoaks)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many regulations have been repealed since July 2014.
Answered by David Lidington
Cabinet Office does not maintain a central database of all regulations made and repealed. All secondary legislation is available at www.legislation.gov.uk . The regular business impact target reports available on gov.uk include details of the regulatory provisions that have come into force or ceased to be in force.
Asked by: Michael Fallon (Conservative - Sevenoaks)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress has been made on the inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
I refer the Honourable Member to the Prime Minister’s written statement of today’s date.
Asked by: Michael Fallon (Conservative - Sevenoaks)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings of the Reducing Regulation sub-Committee have taken place since June 2016.
Answered by Damian Green
Information relating to the proceedings of Cabinet Committees, including when and how often they meet, is not disclosed as to do so could harm the frankness and candour of internal discussion. A full list of the Cabinet Committees and Implementation Task Forces, with their membership and terms of reference, can be found on the Cabinet Office's webpage:
Asked by: Michael Fallon (Conservative - Sevenoaks)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis under the age of 35 died in England in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15, (f) 2015-16 and (g) 2016-17.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.