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Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Buildings (13 June 2013)

Chloe Smith: This Government has taken a determined approach to cutting its expenditure on property to address the wasteful situation it inherited at the time of the last election where millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money were spent on unnecessary and under-occupied buildings. These efforts to consolidate and slim down the property estate ensured savings of £620 million last year alone and...

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Electronic Surveillance (13 June 2013)

Chloe Smith: I refer to the statement made by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), on 10 June 2013, Official Report, columns 31-43.

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: High Speed 2 Railway Line (13 June 2013)

Chloe Smith: We are reviewing the Information Commissioner's decision but in the meantime the MPA Annual Report can be accessed here: http://engage.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/major-projects-authority A copy will be placed in the Library of the House. The Department for Transport has published more detailed information on HS2 which can be accessed here:...

Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: Lobbying (12 June 2013)

Chloe Smith: A number of staff members from various teams have contributed differing proportions of their time to the development of a statutory register of lobbyists. As a result it has not been possible to quantify the number of staff that worked on the creation of the register since May 2010. Cabinet Office Ministers have met with, and received representations from, a wide range of organisations during...

Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: Electoral Register (11 June 2013)

Chloe Smith: The Government do not hold this information. However, the Cabinet Office has funded research by the Electoral Commission into the completeness and accuracy of the electoral registers in Great Britain. The Commission has also undertaken research on continuous electoral registration in Northern Ireland. Reports based on this research are available on the Electoral Commission's website:...

Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: General Elections: Voting Behaviour (11 June 2013)

Chloe Smith: The number of registered parliamentary electors who voted in UK general elections in the last 30 years is set out in the following table: General election turnouts since 1983   Turnout (million) Proportion (percentage) 1983 30.67 72.7 1987 32.53 75.3 1992 33.61 77.7 1997 31.29 71.4 2001 26.37 59.4 2005 27.15 61.4 2010 29.69 65.1 The Office for...

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Cybercrime (11 June 2013)

Chloe Smith: In the National Cyber Security Strategy we committed to achieving: "bolstered defences in our critical national infrastructure (CNI) against cyber attack." Through our investment in CPNI (Centre for Protection for National Infrastructure) and GCHQ as well as lead Government Departments, we are supporting critical national infrastructure companies to identify and address the cyber threats they...

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Public Sector: Procurement (11 June 2013)

Chloe Smith: The Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, my right hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (Mr Maude), visited Brussels on 8 May 2013.

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Emergencies (10 June 2013)

Chloe Smith: The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and its supporting framework, which was reviewed and revised under the Cabinet Office's Civil Contingencies Act Enhancement Programme in 2012, places duties on Category 1 responders such as the emergency services and local authorities to, among other things, maintain arrangements to warn the public, provide information and advise the public if an emergency is...

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Public Sector: Procurement (10 June 2013)

Chloe Smith: This information can be found in the results of Mystery Shopper investigation that are published online: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mystery-shopper-r esults

Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: Lobbying (10 June 2013)

Chloe Smith: The Government has repeatedly made very clear its commitment to introducing a statutory register of lobbyists. As I informed the House during Deputy Prime Minister's Questions on 4 June 2013, we will introduce legislation to provide for a lobbying register before the summer recess.

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Government Departments: Procurement (6 June 2013)

Chloe Smith: Departments publish details of their spend with SMEs on a quarterly basis.

Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: Electoral Register (5 June 2013)

Chloe Smith: The Office for National Statistics advises that it does not have the information available to identify the 100 most and 100 least deprived areas at ward level in the UK.

Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: Electoral Register: Fraud (5 June 2013)

Chloe Smith: The Government do not collect or hold this data, but these statistics can be found in the Electoral Commission's Report 'Analysis of cases of alleged electoral fraud' at: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file /0005/155336/Analysis-of-cases-of-alleged-electoral-fraud-in -2012.pdf

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: British Nationals Abroad: Electoral Register (4 June 2013)

Chloe Smith: I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Cabinet Office. The Government is committed to doing all it can to maximise voter registration, including among British citizens living overseas. As part of the move to Individual Electoral Registration, to help simplify the registration process we plan to remove the requirement for a person's initial application as an overseas elector to be...

Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: Returning Officers (4 June 2013)

Chloe Smith: The Electoral Commission monitors and reports on levels of electoral fraud. Its latest report, compiled in conjunction with the Association of Chief Police Officers, found that instances of proven electoral fraud remain very low. The Government is committed to ensuring the integrity of the electoral process and tackling fraud wherever it arises. We are always willing to consider ways to...

Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: Postal and Proxy Vote Fraud (4 June 2013)

Chloe Smith: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to him at topical questions earlier today.

Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: Voter Registration and Turnout (4 June 2013)

Chloe Smith: The Government is committed to engaging the electorate in elections and wider democratic activity. We have published detailed research, which has informed our targeted engagement with under registered groups and are now looking at further measures, such as data mining, to maximise registration levels. We are introducing online registration to modernise the system to make it as convenient as...

Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: British Nationals Abroad: Electoral Register (4 June 2013)

Chloe Smith: The Government is committed to doing all it can to maximise voter registration, including among British citizens living overseas. As part of the move to Individual Electoral Registration, to help simplify the registration process we plan to remove the requirement for a person's initial application as an overseas elector to be attested by another British citizen resident abroad. We are also...

Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: Lobbying (3 June 2013)

Chloe Smith: The Government is committed to introducing a statutory register of lobbyists. Given the complexity of the issue, we have been taking time to give the matter sufficiently detailed consideration in order to ensure that our revised proposals for a register increase transparency without placing a disproportionate burden on those affected. As part of the Cabinet Office's transparency programme,...