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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

347145

	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, if the Government will provide further funding to electoral registration officers to maximise voter registration once the transition to individual electoral registration is complete.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Over £14million has been invested over the last two financial years to support the completeness and accuracy of the register, including in the run up to the General Election.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is due to publish an analysis of the electoral registers used for these elections in June and the Government will consider further steps in the light of this report.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 107 question first answered 03/06/2015 11:55:12 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

509982

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release, Government response to public desire for EU facts, published on 6 April 2016, whether the Government plans to complete the delivery of the leaflets on the EU referendum and remove the website, eureferendum.gov.uk, prior to the start of the purdah period related to that referendum on 27 May 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	33273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 14 April 2016, to the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex.</p><p>All leaflets will be delivered in advance of the 28 day restricted period, beginning on 27 May 2016. The costs of the leaflet will be met from the Cabinet Office budget.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 33272 question first answered 14/04/2016 15:34:57 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

509981

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release, Government response to public desire for EU facts, published on 6 April 2016, how much and in what areas the Government has spent on the production of its leaflet on the EU referendum; and from which departmental budget that funding has been obtained.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	33272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 14 April 2016, to the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex.</p><p>All leaflets will be delivered in advance of the 28 day restricted period, beginning on 27 May 2016. The costs of the leaflet will be met from the Cabinet Office budget.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 33273 question first answered 14/04/2016 15:34:57 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

509973

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled Government responds to the public desire for EU facts published on 6 April 2016, what proportion and how much of the £2,894,064 will be spent on digital promotion and a website as part of the EU referendum campaign; and whether the website eureferendum.gov.uk will be removed from the internet during the period in which section 125 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 applies.
	tabling member constituency	Harwich and North Essex
	tabling member printed	Mr Bernard Jenkin
	uin	33477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government published details of the cost of the production and delivery of this public information leaflet on 6<sup>th</sup> April. It is not possible to provide a further breakdown of these figures, as this would compromise the commercial confidentiality of Royal Mail and the relevant printers.</p><p>The Government has confirmed that a budget of £2.894,064m has been allocated for digital promotion and the operation of the <a href="http://eureferendum.gov.uk/" target="_blank">EUreferendum.gov.uk</a> website. This will be a key means through which the public can access factual information on the Referendum question.</p><p>It is important to ensure that the public continue to have access to factual information throughout the Referendum campaign. The Government has been clear that it will comply fully with the statutory restrictions in place during the 28 day period from 27th May 2016. No new content will be added to the <a href="http://eureferendum.gov.uk/" target="_blank">EUreferendum.gov.uk</a> website during this period.</p><p>Work on the leaflet and the website was taken forward by Cabinet Office and No 10 staff, as part of their on-going responsibilities and it is not possible to separate out the cost without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 33449 33450 33451 33476 question first answered 14/04/2016 16:29:54 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	40 label Biography information for Sir Bernard Jenkin

509972

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled Government responds to the public desire for EU facts published on 6 April 2016, how much the Government plans to spend on providing further public information on the EU referendum.
	tabling member constituency	Harwich and North Essex
	tabling member printed	Mr Bernard Jenkin
	uin	33476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government published details of the cost of the production and delivery of this public information leaflet on 6<sup>th</sup> April. It is not possible to provide a further breakdown of these figures, as this would compromise the commercial confidentiality of Royal Mail and the relevant printers.</p><p>The Government has confirmed that a budget of £2.894,064m has been allocated for digital promotion and the operation of the <a href="http://eureferendum.gov.uk/" target="_blank">EUreferendum.gov.uk</a> website. This will be a key means through which the public can access factual information on the Referendum question.</p><p>It is important to ensure that the public continue to have access to factual information throughout the Referendum campaign. The Government has been clear that it will comply fully with the statutory restrictions in place during the 28 day period from 27th May 2016. No new content will be added to the <a href="http://eureferendum.gov.uk/" target="_blank">EUreferendum.gov.uk</a> website during this period.</p><p>Work on the leaflet and the website was taken forward by Cabinet Office and No 10 staff, as part of their on-going responsibilities and it is not possible to separate out the cost without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 33449 33450 33451 33477 question first answered 14/04/2016 16:29:54 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	40 label Biography information for Sir Bernard Jenkin

532412

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Politics and Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the petition on the change.org website, entitled Restore truthful politics - create an independent office to monitor political campaigns, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of creating such an office; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	41771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government will consider this and other issues relating to the regulation of campaigning at referendums, following the publication of the Electoral Commission's report on the administration of the referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of European Union.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 07/07/2016 12:51:06 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

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

419036

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Finance
	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 16 July 2015, on Individual Electoral Registration (IER), HCWS 127, which local authorities have received any of the additional £3 million funding; and how much such additional funding each local authority has received so far to target their non IER registered carry-forward electors.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	10532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2015 answer text <p>The following table shows the local authorities who have received funding to target non IER registered carry-forward electors. We are currently in the process of agreeing funding to a further 57 local authorities.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Allocation</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham City Council</p></td><td><p>£75,939.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth, London Borough of</p></td><td><p>£42,500.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol City Council</p></td><td><p>£39,425.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council</p></td><td><p>£30,025.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield City Council</p></td><td><p>£22,693.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent, London Borough of</p></td><td><p>£17,603.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham, London Borough of</p></td><td><p>£15,116.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kensington and Chelsea, Royal Borough of</p></td><td><p>£14,128.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury Metropolitan Borough Council</p></td><td><p>£13,612.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West and Chester Council</p></td><td><p>£12,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sevenoaks District</p></td><td><p>£11,357.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow, London Borough of</p></td><td><p>£10,792.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council</p></td><td><p>£10,699.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth, London Borough of</p></td><td><p>£10,677.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire East Borough Council</p></td><td><p>£10,292.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham City Council</p></td><td><p>£9,845.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing, London Borough of</p></td><td><p>£9,611.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking and Dagenham, London Borough of</p></td><td><p>£8,885.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton City Council</p></td><td><p>£8,244.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council</p></td><td><p>£8,234.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden, London Borough of</p></td><td><p>£8,056.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council</p></td><td><p>£7,785.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington, London Borough of</p></td><td><p>£7,619.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth City Council</p></td><td><p>£7,572.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Windsor and Maidenhead, Royal Borough of</p></td><td><p>£7,518.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall Council</p></td><td><p>£6,380.72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth City Council</p></td><td><p>£6,252.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council</p></td><td><p>£6,216.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maidstone Borough Council</p></td><td><p>£5,892.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford City Council</p></td><td><p>£5,881.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Somerset District Council</p></td><td><p>£5,801.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich, London Borough of</p></td><td><p>£5,492.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of White Horse District Council</p></td><td><p>£5,252.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council</p></td><td><p>£5,200.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lancashire Borough Council</p></td><td><p>£5,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester City Council</p></td><td><p>£5,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford City Council</p></td><td><p>£4,841.35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon Borough Council</p></td><td><p>£4,612.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mendip District Council</p></td><td><p>£3,917.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crawley Borough Council</p></td><td><p>£3,751.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Allerdale Borough Council</p></td><td><p>£3,566.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough City COuncil</p></td><td><p>£3,019.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kettering Borough Council</p></td><td><p>£3,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight County Council</p></td><td><p>£2,306.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council</p></td><td><p>£2,150.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rugby Borough Council</p></td><td><p>£2,006.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewes District Council</p></td><td><p>£2,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swale Borough Council</p></td><td><p>£2,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Kesteven District Council</p></td><td><p>£1,987.15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston City Council</p></td><td><p>£1,970.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Albans District Council</p></td><td><p>£1,580.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire Dales District Council</p></td><td><p>£1,500.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutland County Council</p></td><td><p>£1,464.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester City Council</p></td><td><p>£1,450.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover District Council</p></td><td><p>£1,428.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rother District Council</p></td><td><p>£1,247.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bracknell Forest Borough Council</p></td><td><p>£1,209.90</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 13/10/2015 16:06:05 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose previous answer version 23179 answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

424853

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Finance
	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 16 July 2015 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Cabinet Office, HCWS 127, on individual electoral registration, how much of the funding referred to in that statement has been allocated to each electoral registration office in England.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	uin	14037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>In total 103 Local Authorities in England are receiving additional funding to help target their remaining carry forward entries. Almost £570,000 of funding was allocated directly to 53 English authorities where carry forward entries accounted for over 5%, as a proportion of their registers, in May 2015. 59 Local Authorities in England, including 9 which had already received a direct allocation, successfully submitted bids for additional funding, sharing just over £450,000.</p><p>The attached table sets out all 103 English authoritieswhich are receiving additional funding directly and those whhich submitted successful bids along with the total amount they are receiving.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 03/11/2015 17:15:56 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose attachment 1 file name CO-DC00-PRN01_Emman Chowdhury_4208_001.pdf title Attachment for Member
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick