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1129900

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	United Kingdom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to strengthen the Union.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Jack Brereton
uin	911152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>We have delivered policies that benefit all four nations of the UK, including committing over £2.4 billion to thirteen city and growth deals in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and spending around £19 billion a year of our defence budget with UK industry, supporting 115,000 jobs across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 05/06/2019 15:55:41 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4643 label Biography information for Jack Brereton

1128819

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with electoral registration officers on the UC1/EC6 process since the 25 April 2019 Urgent Question on Electoral Registration: EU Citizens.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	259362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Government officials worked closely with Returning Officers and the Electoral Commission and<br>other agencies such as the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE) and the<br>Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA) to support the smooth running of the polls on 23<br>May</p><p>Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) are under a statutory duty to ensure people who are eligible<br>to vote in elections have the opportunity to do so. For the recent European Parliamentary elections<br>that included making sure relevant citizens of the EU who are resident in the UK and registered to<br>vote in local elections were made aware they needed to complete a voter registration and<br>declaration form (commonly referred to as a UC1 or EC6 form) in order to enable them to vote</p><p>The Electoral Commission supported EROs in the discharge of this function and encouraged them<br>to take additional steps to raise awareness of this requirement locally, through social media<br>channels and other means.</p><p>The Electoral Commission supported EROs in the discharge of this function. It issued guidance on<br>the 4th April which recommended that EROs should identify EU citizens who are on the local<br>government register and send them a declaration form and supporting information explaining how<br>they can declare their intent to vote in these elections in the UK should they wish to.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/06/2019 12:15:32 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1128916

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of EU citizens who were unable to vote in the 2019 European elections due to local authorities (a) not sending the correct registration forms in time and (b) processing the registration forms incorrectly.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
uin	259215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government took all the legal steps necessary to prepare for the European Parliamentary<br>elections and put in place all the legislative and funding elements to enable Returning Officers to<br>make their preparations required for the polls on 23 May</p><p>Electoral Registration Officers are responsible for administering elections at the local level. They<br>are also under a statutory duty to ensure people who are eligible to vote in elections have the<br>opportunity to do so and are supported by the Electoral Commission in delivering these functions</p><p>The Electoral Commission encouraged EROs to take additional steps to raise awareness of this<br>requirement locally, through social media channels and other means.</p><p>The Electoral Commission supported EROs in the discharge of this function. It issued guidance on<br>the 4th April which recommended that EROs should identify EU citizens who are on the local<br>government register and send them a declaration form and supporting information explaining how<br>they can declare their intent to vote in these elections in the UK should they wish to.</p><p>In line with their statutory duty, the Electoral Commission will be publishing a report into the<br>administration of the polls later this year</p><p>Figures on the number of individuals completing forms or details relating to the processing of those<br>forms are not held centrally by the Government.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/06/2019 12:21:05 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1128930

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of whether the Government's management of the 2019 European elections breached EU law.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	258879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government took all the legal steps necessary to prepare for the European Parliamentary<br>elections and put in place all the legislative and funding elements to enable Returning Officers to<br>make their preparations required for the polls on 23 May. The Government worked with Returning<br>Officers and the Electoral Commission and other agencies such as the Society of Local Authority<br>Chief Executives (SOLACE) and the Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA) to support the<br>smooth running of the polls.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/06/2019 11:31:07 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1129031

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to launch (a) a review or (b) an official inquiry into the efficacy of the voter registration process for EU nationals following 2019 European elections.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	259363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government took all the legal steps necessary to prepare for the European Parliamentary elections and put in place all the legislative and funding elements to enable Returning Officers to make their preparations required for the polls.</p><p> </p><p>In line with their statutory duty, the Electoral Commission will be publishing a report into the administration of the polls later this year, which the Government will carefully consider in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/06/2019 11:21:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1129034

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	EU Nationals: Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many EU nationals were registered to vote in the 2019 local elections.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	259364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to my answer given to Question 257793 of 4 June 2019.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/06/2019 11:29:22 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1129035

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many EU nationals completed the UC1 form to enable them to vote in 2019 European elections.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	259365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government took all the legal steps necessary to prepare for the European Parliamentary<br>elections and put in place all the legislative and funding elements to enable Returning Officers to<br>make their preparations required for the polls on 23 May</p><p>Electoral Registration Officers are responsible for administering elections at the local level. They<br>are also under a statutory duty to ensure people who are eligible to vote in elections have the<br>opportunity to do so and are supported by the Electoral Commission in delivering these functions</p><p>The Electoral Commission encouraged EROs to take additional steps to raise awareness of this<br>requirement locally, through social media channels and other means.</p><p>The Electoral Commission supported EROs in the discharge of this function. It issued guidance on<br>the 4th April which recommended that EROs should identify EU citizens who are on the local<br>government register and send them a declaration form and supporting information explaining how<br>they can declare their intent to vote in these elections in the UK should they wish to.</p><p>In line with their statutory duty, the Electoral Commission will be publishing a report into the<br>administration of the polls later this year</p><p>Figures on the number of individuals completing forms or details relating to the processing of those<br>forms are not held centrally by the Government.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/06/2019 12:20:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1129204

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will undertake a review of the requirement for EU citizens to fill in a UC1 or EC6 form in order to participate in the 2019 European elections.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	259085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>It is the Government's intention to respect the 2016 referendum result and leave the European Union with a deal as soon as possible, meaning we will not participate in future European Parliamentary elections.</p><p>The Electoral Commission will produce a review at the recent European Elections and the Government will consider its conclusions.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/06/2019 11:19:07 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1129205

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the information communicated to EU citizens on the requirement for them to fill in a UC1 or EC6 form in order to participate in the 2019 European elections.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	259086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government took all the legal steps necessary to prepare for the European Parliamentary<br>elections and put in place all the necessary legislative and funding elements to enable Returning<br>Officers to make their preparations required for the polls on 23 May</p><p>Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) are under a statutory duty to ensure people who are eligible<br>to vote in elections have the opportunity to do so. For the recent European Parliamentary elections<br>that included making sure relevant citizens of the EU who are resident in the UK and registered to<br>vote in local elections were made aware they needed to complete a voter registration and<br>declaration form (commonly referred to as a UC1 or EC6 form) in order to enable them to vote</p><p>The Electoral Commission supported EROs in the discharge of this function and encouraged them<br>to take additional steps to raise awareness of this requirement locally, through social media<br>channels and other means.</p><p>The Electoral Commission supported EROs in the discharge of this function. It issued guidance on<br>the 4th April which recommended that EROs should identify EU citizens who are on the local<br>government register and send them a declaration form and supporting information explaining how<br>they can declare their intent to vote in these elections in the UK should they wish to.</p><p>In line with their statutory duty, the Electoral Commission will be publishing a report into the<br>administration of the polls later this year.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/06/2019 12:13:28 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1129206

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will launch an inquiry into why some EU citizens were prevented from voting in the 2019 European elections.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	259087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government took all the legal steps necessary to prepare for the European Parliamentary elections and put in place all the legislative and funding elements to enable Returning Officers to make their preparations required for the polls.</p><p> </p><p>In line with their statutory duty, the Electoral Commission will be publishing a report into the administration of the polls later this year, which the Government will carefully consider in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/06/2019 11:21:30 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon