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1150971

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	European Parliament and Local Government: Elections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the conclusions of the report entitled, May 2019 European Parliamentary elections and local elections, published by the Electoral Commission in October 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	2807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government will carefully consider the Electoral Commission's report and respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/10/2019 13:47:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1144273

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Dominic Cummings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, under what authority Special Adviser Dominic Cummings has the ability to (a) hire and (b) dismiss staff from Government Departments.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	286324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 09/09/2019 16:17:18 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1142084

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Constituencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government still plans to bring forward the 2018 Boundary Commission proposals to Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	282446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>In January 2019, a judicial review was submitted to the High Court in Northern Ireland against the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland’s final report</p><p><br>On 28 May, the Court issued its judgment, which concluded that the Boundary Commission had erred in law in the conduct of its consultation on the proposed new constituencies for Northern Ireland</p><p><br>Both parties in the judicial review have lodged an appeal against the Court’s judgment and the date of the appeal hearing is expected to be set later this year</p><p><br>The Government awaits the outcome of these legal proceedings. Primary legislation requires the boundary changes for the constituent nations of the United Kingdom be made at the same time.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/09/2019 16:27:54 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

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

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

1128628

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	EU Nationals: Registration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to review the EC6/UC1 process for the registration of EU citizens resident in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	257792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>It is the Government’s intention to leave the European Union with a deal as soon as possible and therefore not participate in any future European Parliamentary elections. There are no plans to review the EC6/UC1 process as it will no longer be required.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 04/06/2019 09:13:18 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1128629

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many EU citizens were registered to vote in the 2019 local elections.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	257793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold information on the numbers of European Union nationals<br>resident in the UK who do or do not register to vote in local elections</p><p>Estimates of the number of eligible people on the registers for electoral events are<br>published by the Electoral Commission following each poll, but have not previously<br>included a breakdown of the numbers of EU citizens eligible to vote. These reports are<br>available online at: www.electoralcommission.org.uk</p><p>Each Electoral Registration Officer maintains a register for their own local area. Some headline registration statistics by area are collated and published annually by the Office for National Statistics, however, this does not include a breakdown of the numbers of EU citizens registered to vote. The total number of UK local government electors – which includes EU citizens – in the year to December 2018 was 47.8 million.</p><p>The latest bulletin is available at:<br>www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 04/06/2019 09:13:30 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1128630

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	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 citizens were registered to vote in the 2019 European parliamentary elections.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	257794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to my answer given to Question 248742 on 3 May 2019.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/06/2019 09:52:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West