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1610132

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what support the Government is providing to the Electoral Office in Northern Ireland to raise awareness of the local elections.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	180265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Raising awareness of elections is the responsibility of the Electoral Commission which runs a variety of media and social media campaigns, as well as providing resources to interested groups to inform the public about elections and encourage engagement. The Northern Ireland Office highlighted the date change of the local elections in Northern Ireland through social media channels and the UK Government continues to use social media to support the work of the Electoral Commission to raise awareness of elections in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 24/04/2023 08:53:20 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1546628

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of moving the date of the 2023 Local Government elections in Northern Ireland due to the date set for the Coronation.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	98940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is currently considering the options available to ensure people in Northern Ireland can celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III while ensuring the smooth running of the democratic process.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 02/12/2022 11:49:52 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1461898

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether candidates in future local government elections in Northern Ireland have to have their home addresses published.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	1011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>Candidates in future local government elections in Northern Ireland will not be required to have their home addresses published.</p><p> </p><p>The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Amendment Order 2020 amended the law in June of that year. Now, candidates for local elections in Northern Ireland who do not want their home address to be made public can instead request the publication of the local government area they reside in.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 19/05/2022 10:47:53 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1110210

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing provisions in local government electoral legislation that prevents people standing those elections that have legitimate reasons for not disclosing a home address on the nomination form.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	242036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The legislative requirement for candidates standing in local elections in Northern Ireland to disclose their home address on their nomination form has been in place for many years. It is too late to change this in time for the elections on 2 May 2019, but I am happy to confirm the Government agrees it must change to prevent a recurrence in future local elections.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 11/04/2019 11:51:28 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell