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383775

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Voting Rights: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of extending the franchise in all elections to 16 and 17 year olds on voter turnout.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	3147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Turnout is affected by a wide range of factors and cannot therefore be forecast with any degree of accuracy.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 23/06/2015 15:54:29 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

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

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

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

381349

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	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 consideration the Government has given to continuing to use the matching system between the electoral register and Government databases that was used in the transition towards Individual Electoral Registration.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	2641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The matching of electoral registers against Government and local authority data, referred to as ‘confirmation,’ was a one off exercise to help simplify the change to Individual Electoral Registration (IER). It resulted in 87% of existing electors being automatically transferred to the new registers under IER without needing to take any action. Data matching continues to form an important part of the system for voter registration, in verifying new applications, but also locally in identifying and verifying applications from eligible electors. We will keep under review the scope for data to further improve voter registration.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 22/06/2015 16:18:37 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

348519

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	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 estimate he has made of changes to the number of people on the electoral register since the introduction of individual electoral registration; and what changes there have been to the age and demographic profiles of electors in that period.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	1250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The introduction of Individual Electoral Registration has made it easier than ever before for electors to register to vote through online registration.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission will be publishing a report this month on the electoral registers used for the General Election, providing the most up to date picture about registration levels.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 09/06/2015 15:30:41 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

347081

	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: Young People
	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 effect of the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration on the number of registered voters aged 18 to 24.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The introduction of Individual Electoral Registration (IER) has made it easier than ever before for students to register to vote through online registration, with almost 20% of applications coming from the 18-24 age group since IER came into force.</p><p>The Electoral Commission will be publishing a report in June on the electoral registers used for the General Election, providing the most up to date picture about registration levels.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 221 question first answered 03/06/2015 11:56:45 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347083

	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: Higher Education
	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 effect of the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration on the number of registered voters who are enrolled full-time in higher education.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The introduction of Individual Electoral Registration (IER) has made it easier than ever before for students to register to vote through online registration, with almost 20% of applications coming from the 18-24 age group since IER came into force.</p><p>The Electoral Commission will be publishing a report in June on the electoral registers used for the General Election, providing the most up to date picture about registration levels.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 220 question first answered 03/06/2015 11:56:45 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

381535

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Police and Crime Commissioners
	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 specify that the next elections of police and crime commissioners are conducted under the first-past-the-post system.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	2656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 requires Police and Crime Commissioner elections to use the Supplementary Vote System. As with all electoral processes, this will be kept under review.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 06/07/2015 15:57:14 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose previous answer version 7540 answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

348517

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2015 to Question 263, whether it remains his policy to reduce the number of parliamentary constituencies from 650 to 600.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	1274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies (PVSC) Act 2011 provides for the number of constituencies to be reduced from 650 to 600 and the Government remains committed to equalising the size of constituencies in order to make votes of more equal value. The Government will outline its plans for constituency boundaries when it responds to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee’s report, <em>What next on the redrawing of parliamentary constituency boundaries?</em>, in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Boundary Commissions are due to commence work on their next reviews of Parliamentary constituencies in spring 2016 in order to submit final reports by 1 October 2018. If approved, the new constituencies would take effect at the next General Election.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 1252 question first answered 09/06/2015 15:33:07 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell