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873488

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	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, what steps he is taking to increase voter registration among under-registered groups.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	904630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">I continue to have regular conversations with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the return of powers from Brussels to Holyrood following exit from the EU. Furthermore, we are both part of JMC(EN) where this, amongst other issues, has been discussed with the devolved administrations.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Our inaugural National Democracy Week in July is going to be a UK-wide event, intended to increase democratic engagement among a wide range of under-registered groups. Last Wednesday we launched its website and a youth engagement toolkit for parliamentarians and later this year will recruit and train youth Democracy Ambassadors.</ins></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/03/2018 16:01:12 question first ministerially corrected 03/04/2018 10:54:32 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 50507 answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

834632

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	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 every Voice Matters: Building a democracy that works for everyone, published by the Government in December 2017, if his Department will take steps to collect official statistics on the registration rates of (a) homeless people, (b) transgender people and (c) Care Home residents.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	126080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>Electoral statistics published annually by the Office for National Statistics derive from the electoral registers held by Electoral Registration Officers (EROs). The Government does not otherwise collect official statistics on registration. EROs collect data solely for the purposes of registration. There are no gender requirements for registration and it is therefore not possible or appropriate for EROs to collect data on this. Some EROs may collect data on the number of applicants (including homeless people) to register using Declarations of Local Connection and some EROs may have data on care home registrations, but there are no requirements to collect such data.</p><p>The democratic engagement plan published in December 2017 sets out the Government’s commitment to undertake further research into the barriers that could be preventing individuals from these groups from applying to register to vote.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 26/03/2018 15:04:33 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

834399

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	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, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of encouraging local non-profit organisations to increase voter registration among minority groups.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	126018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>National Democracy Week is a UK-wide campaign of events and activity that aims to increase the number of people who understand and participate in our democratic process. The government recognises the vital role that civil society organisations play in reaching those groups that are less likely to be registered to vote. We are working closely with non-profit groups through the National Democracy Week Council to mobilise activity at a local level and coordinate engagement with different communities.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 126017 question first answered 08/02/2018 09:43:45 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

834398

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	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, what plans he has to expand the use of local non-profit organisations to increase voter registration among minority groups.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	126017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>National Democracy Week is a UK-wide campaign of events and activity that aims to increase the number of people who understand and participate in our democratic process. The government recognises the vital role that civil society organisations play in reaching those groups that are less likely to be registered to vote. We are working closely with non-profit groups through the National Democracy Week Council to mobilise activity at a local level and coordinate engagement with different communities.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 126018 question first answered 08/02/2018 09:43:45 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

816721

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2017 to Question 119260, whether his Department has a minimum acceptable level for the (a) accuracy and (b) completeness of the electoral register.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	121148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>By law, Electoral Registration Officers are charged with maintaining a complete and accurate electoral register. The Government has not set a minimum acceptable level of completeness or accuracy.</p><p>The most recent full assessment of the register completeness and accuracy was published in July 2016 by the Electoral Commission. It showed that completeness was stable (at around 85 per cent) and that the introduction of individual electoral registration in 2014 had led to a statistically significant improvement in register accuracy (at around 90 per cent).</p><p>The Government published its democratic engagement plan in December 2017 setting out how we intend to work with Electoral Registration Officers and others to continue to ensure we have the best possible electoral registers.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 15/01/2018 14:51:08 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

806051

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	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, what the evidential basis is for the Government's position that individual electoral registration is the most effective method of voter registration.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	119260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Organisations such as the Electoral Commission had long advocated for the replacement of the household registration system with individual electoral registration. When the new system was introduced in 2014 this was with cross-party support.</p><p>Since the end of the transition to individual electoral registration in 2015 we have gathered considerable evidence that the system is working well, including thanks to the introduction of online registration. In July 2016, the Electoral Commission reported that the December 2015 registers were 91 per cent accurate, a statistically significant increase compared to the 2014 registers (the last compiled using household registration). Completeness was seen to be stable at around 85 per cent.</p><p>By the time of the 2017 General Election, the electoral register had grown to its largest ever size. Our registration service has seen the submission of more than 30 million applications.</p><p>We are not complacent and we will continue to make efforts to modernise the registration system and to improve access to it, including through our democratic engagement plan.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/12/2017 11:00:17 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

800542

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	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, whether his Department has assessed the practicality of implementing an automatic voter registration system.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	117163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>As stated during the recent Westminster Hall Debate on Voter Registration in Nottingham North Constituency, the Government has no plans to introduce automatic registration, as it contradicts the principle which underpins Individual Electoral Registration, that individuals are responsible for registering and that this should be done at a time and place of their choosing. As such, we have not made any assessment relating to the introduction of automatic registration.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/12/2017 16:33:45 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

798023

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2017
	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, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of implementing an automatic voter registration system.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	116930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not support a policy of automatic voter registration and has made no assessment of the costs of implementation of any such system.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/12/2017 10:12:17 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

798022

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2017
	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, what evidence base his Department uses to assess what gaps exist in the electoral register.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	116929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>There is a wide-ranging evidence base on electoral registration. This includes the completeness and accuracy studies conducted by the Electoral Commission as well as academic and other research. I have also collected a large amount of evidence from the meetings and roundtable discussions I have held over recent months as part of my Every Voice Matters tour. Our forthcoming democratic engagement plan, to be published later in December 2017, will set out some of the evidence we have gathered as well as our plans for future action.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/12/2017 10:10:49 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

798021

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2017
	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, what plans he has to reduce the proportion of eligible voters who are not on the electoral register.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	116928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to building on the successful introduction of online registration - now used by more than 30 million citizens - to ensure that everyone eligible to take part in our democracy can do so. Before Christmas, we will publish our democratic engagement plan, setting out evidence on levels of electoral registration across the country and our intended steps for maximising registration.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/12/2017 10:12:05 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris