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50547

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he has reviewed the efficacy of the guidance of the Electoral Commission on referendums; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	903992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not reviewed the efficacy of guidance produced by the independent Electoral Commission.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

50622

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps the Government is taking to raise the number of people registered to vote.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	903990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government is introducing online registration as of 10<sup>th</sup> June in England and Wales which will make it more convenient to register to vote.</p><p>In addition, five national organisations and every Electoral Registration Officer in Great Britain are sharing £4.2 million funding aimed at maximising the rate of voter registration, as part of the transition to Individual Electoral Registration. These organisations have received funding to find new ways of reaching a range of under registered groups such as young people and encouraging them to register to vote.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 903991 question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

50623

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Business Growth: Basildon and Thurrock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what support the Government is giving to business growth opportunities in Basildon and Thurrock.
tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
tabling member printed	Stephen Metcalfe
uin	903986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>Basildon and Thurrock are key economic centres within the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) area. The LEP submitted its Strategic Economic Plan and Growth Deal at the end of March which is currently being assessed and negotiated.</p><p>The Growth Deal contains proposals for direct business support by extending the Southend Growth Hub announced in its City Deal recently.</p><p>Other funding is also being invested through Regional Growth Fund, Growing Places Fund, and through investment in major transport improvements on the M25 and Dartford Crossing to reduce congestion and enhance connectivity to the ports.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4092 label Biography information for Stephen Metcalfe

50624

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Members of Parliament: Recall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to bring forward legislative proposals for the recall of hon. Members by their constituents.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	903987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to introducing a recall mechanism which is transparent, robust and fair when parliamentary time allows. We reiterated this commitment in our response to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee's report on recall.</p><p>The Government's legislative programme for the fourth session of Parliament will be announced in the Queen's Speech.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sheffield, Hallam answering member printed Mr Nick Clegg question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

50625

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps the Government is taking to raise the number of people registered to vote.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	903991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government is introducing online registration as of 10<sup>th</sup> June in England and Wales which will make it more convenient to register to vote.</p><p>In addition, five national organisations and every Electoral Registration Officer in Great Britain are sharing £4.2 million funding aimed at maximising the rate of voter registration, as part of the transition to Individual Electoral Registration. These organisations have received funding to find new ways of reaching a range of under registered groups such as young people and encouraging them to register to vote.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 903990 question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

50626

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Political and Constitutional Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the Government's political and constitutional reform priorities are for the remainder of the present Parliament.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	903989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government continues to work on political and constitutional reform, particularly on devolving more powers from Whitehall to our cities and regions.</p><p>Work also continues on the implementation of Individual Electoral Registration, recall of MPs and implementing the statutory register of consultant lobbyists.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sheffield, Hallam answering member printed Mr Nick Clegg question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

49687

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of how many and what proportion of electoral registration officers (EROs) conducted data matching activities for the purpose of improving individual electoral registration; and what steps he can take against EROs who did not conduct such data matching activities.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	197825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>As Individual Electoral Registration (IER) will be introduced from 10 June 2014 an assessment has not yet been made.</p><p> </p><p>In line with current practice, once IER is in place the performance of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) will be monitored through the performance standards of the Electoral Commission.</p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

49688

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which local authorities who have failed one or more Electoral Commission performance indicators for electoral registration did not apply for the additional funding his Office has put in place.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	197829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>In 2013 five Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) reported that they did not meet performance standard 3, relating to house-to-house enquiries: Mid Devon; Taunton Deane; Torridge; West Devon; and West Somerset. One ERO, Basildon, reported that they did not meet standard 1, relating to information sources.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is in the process of carrying out a detailed analysis of EROs' electoral registration data from the 2013 canvass, following which it will publish its final assessment of EROs' performance in 2013.</p><p>No authorities who failed one or more Electoral Commission performance indicators in Financial Year 13-14 have applied for the additional funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

49690

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what information he holds on how much (a) central and (b) local government spent on advertising to promote voter registration in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	197796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

49691

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of using vehicle registration databases held by the Driving and Vehicle Licensing Authority to increase levels of voter registration as part of his plans for individual electoral registration.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	197790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>Officials are currently working with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to pilot the use of data from vehicle registration databases and driver licence data to improve levels of voter registration.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane