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date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Right to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average proportion discount was of social rented homes sold under the Right to Buy policy in (a) England, (b) London, (c) London Borough of Islington and (d) Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>Estimates of the discount as a proportion of the selling price can be derived from published statistics on the selling price and discounts allowed for each local authority district in England for 2013/14.<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales</a><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-housing-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-housing-data</a><br><br>The data go back to 2011/12 but are not available on a comparable basis for earlier years. <br><br>The statistics are not compiled on the basis of parliamentary constituencies.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/06/2015 13:25:54 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347103

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average cost of homes sold to first-time buyers under the Help to Buy scheme in (a) England, (b) London, (c) London Borough of Islington and (d) Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>Information on the average cost of homes sold to first time buyers under Help to Buy is not currently published. However available figures show the average cost of all homes sold under the Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee scheme as £163,921 for England and £287,109 for London. Available figures for the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme show the average cost of all homes was £212,932 for England.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 04/06/2015 16:37:20 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347133

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electorate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many UK citizens of voting age are currently living overseas; and how many citizens of EU countries of voting age excluding the UK, Ireland, Cyprus and Malta live in (a) the UK and (b) Islington South and Finsbury constituency.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>There are no official Government statistics on the number of UK citizens of voting age resident overseas, but the World Bank’s “Estimates of Migrants Stocks in 2010” as updated by the UN Department for Social and Economic Affairs in 2013 estimates there were approximately 5.2 million British born migrants living overseas.<strong><br> <br> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics’ Annual Population Survey estimates that the total number of EU citizens (excluding British citizens) resident in the UK was 2,507,000 in 2013 (excluding the citizens of Ireland, Cyprus and Malta). The estimates are broken down by local authority rather than Parliamentary constituency.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 04/06/2015 11:48:14 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347157

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 5 July 2013, Official Report, column 71WS, what proportion of (a) the Targeted Canvassing Fund, (b) the ERO Registration Fund, (c) the Innovation Fund and (d) Schools Outreach has been spent in (i) England, Wales and Scotland combined, (ii) England, (iii) London, (iv) the London Borough of Islington and (v) Islington South and Finsbury constituency to date.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>In July 2013 £4.2million funding was announced to support efforts aimed at increasing the completeness and accuracy of the register. In October 2013 £385,848 of this funding was awarded to 24 successful Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) applicants. The remainder of the funding, as announced on 5 February 2014, was shared between every ERO in Great Britain and five national organisations. Full information is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/funding-for-new-ways-to-encourage-voter-registration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/funding-for-new-ways-to-encourage-voter-registration</a></p><p>In addition almost £10million was invested in 2014/15 aimed at maximising levels of voter registration with £6.8million being shared among every ERO in Great Britain.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 04/06/2015 11:52:32 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347159

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Written Statement of 18 December 2013, Official Report, column 106WS, when he expects the Electoral Commission to make its recommendation as to whether the transition to individual Electoral Registration should conclude in 2015 to 2016.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission will next report on progress with the transition to Individual Electoral Registration (IER) in June 2015. The Commission’s assessment will seek to consider the potential impact of ending the transition to IER in December 2015 to inform the UK Government’s decision on whether to make an Order to bring forward the end of the transition from December 2016.</p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 03/06/2015 16:42:32 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry