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347056

	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, what estimate he has made of the number of people (a) entitled and (b) registered to vote in each parliamentary constituency at the May 2015 general election.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics has published electoral statistics for those registered to vote based on the registers published on 1 December 2014 in England and Wales and 28 February in Scotland. They can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pop-estimate/electoral-statistics-for-uk/2014/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pop-estimate/electoral-statistics-for-uk/2014/index.html</a></p><p>The Electoral Commission made its assessment of the registers used for the General Election on 7 May and plan to publish their report in June.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 04/06/2015 11:50:24 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347085

	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, what assessment hehas made of the effect of the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration on (a) the incidence of electoral fraud and (b) public perceptions of the integrity of the electoral system.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>A report on allegations of electoral fraud reported to police forces in the UK is published each year jointly by the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Electoral Commission. The Electoral Commission also publishes an annual UK wide public opinion survey (the ‘Winter Tracker’) which asks the public for its views on electoral fraud.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 04/06/2015 11:54:01 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347116

	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	Constituencies
	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 potential savings to the public purse from reducing the number of Parliamentary constituencies to 600.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The most recent estimate, in June 2012, indicated that reducing the number of MPs from 650 to 600 would result in savings of £13.6 million a year.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 03/06/2015 15:42:56 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	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

347142

	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 to the Written Statement of 9 January 2015, HCWS18, on maximising voter registration, what proportion of each of the funding streams has been spent in (a) England, Wales and Scotland combined, (b) England, (c) London, (d) the London Borough of Islington and (e) Islington South and Finsbury constituency to date.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>A full breakdown of the funding allocations for all EROs is available at the following link: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/news/10-million-boost-for-voter-registration" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/news/10-million-boost-for-voter-registration</a></p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 03/06/2015 11:59:35 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

347161

	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	Constituencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to respond to the 8th Report of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee of Session 2014-15, What next on the redrawing of parliamentary constituency boundaries?, HC 600.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the report's recommendations and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 03/06/2015 11:53:49 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347413

	registered interest
	date	29/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 21 May 2012, Official Report, column 483W, on voter identification, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals during the course of the current Parliament to require voters to produce photographic identification at polling stations.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government considers tackling electoral fraud as a high priority and believes that more needs to be done to safeguard the integrity of elections.</p><p>The Electoral Commission has been developing proposals for a scheme to require voters in polling stations to provide identification before they can be issued with ballot papers. The Government will consider these proposals in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 04/06/2015 15:35:04 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347425

	registered interest
	date	29/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Think Tanks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require think tanks to disclose their sources of funding.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Think tanks carrying on the business of consultant lobbying are already subject to the provisions of Part 1 of the Transparency of Lobbying Act 2014 and the activities of any think tank acting as a third party campaign group are already subject to the rules in the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 so the Government has no plans to legislate further in this area.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 08/06/2015 14:44:13 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

348107

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	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, what his policy is on the abolition of the annual canvass undertaken by Electoral Registration Officers, as provided for in the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 c. 6 Part 1, Section 7(2)(b), during the course of the current Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Following the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration (IER) in Great Britain in 2014, the annual canvass of households has been retained. There are no current plans to exercise an order under Part 1, Section 7(2)(b) of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 09/06/2015 15:27:23 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry