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45961

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with which (a) mobile telephone companies, (b) voluntary groups and (c) travel card providers the Electoral Commission is working to improve registration rates of young people.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	194344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it continues to work to identify partners for its work on IER. As agreements are put in place, it will make these available on its website and will inform the honourable member when the first batch is published.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

46951

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, which parliamentary constituencies in Scotland are part of local authority areas whose electoral registration officers did not reach the required performance indicators on Standard 3 in respect of electors who failed to register to vote.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
	uin	195258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that no EROs in Scotland reported not meeting standard 3 at the recent 2013 canvass. The Commission is in the process of conducting a detailed analysis of EROs' electoral registration data from the 2013 canvass, following which it will publish its final assessment of EROs' performance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

46364

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, which local authorities have failed performance standard 3 on house-to-house enquiries; how many times they have failed; and how many times a Cabinet Office regional delivery manager has intervened.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	194793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that in 2013 five Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) reported that they did not meet performance standard 3: Mid Devon; Taunton Deane; Torridge; West Devon; and West Somerset. The table below shows the number of times these EROs have not met this standard.</p><p> </p><p>Table: Number of times those EROS not meeting standard 3 in 2013 have not met this standard.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p>ERO</p></td><td><p>Number of times not met</p></td><td><p>Years in which not met</p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Mid Devon</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2010, 2011, 2012, 2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taunton Deane</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2011, 2012, 2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torridge</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2012, 2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Devon</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2009, 2010, 2011, 2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Somerset</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2009, 2011, 2012, 2013</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission is in the process of conducting a detailed analysis of EROs' electoral registration data from the 2013 canvass, following which it will publish its final assessment of EROs' performance in 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office has established a network of Regional Delivery Managers to monitor EROs' readiness for the transition to individual electoral registration in 2014. However, the Commission does not have specific details of the activities undertaken by these all of these officials.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45959

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2013, Official Report, columns 611-2W, on electoral registration officers, which local authorities failed to meet performance standard 1 on using local government databases, in each year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	194403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) who did not meet performance standard 1 in each year from 2008 to 2010 are shown in the table below. No EROs have been assessed as not meeting this standard in 2011, 2012 and 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table: EROs not meeting Performance Standard 1</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>Barnsley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berwick-upon-Tweed</p></td><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>Nottingham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaby</p></td><td><p>Sefton</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn with Darwen</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Brentwood</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Chester-le-street*</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham*</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Harborough</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipswich</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Derbyshire</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lanarkshire**</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>South Lanarkshire**</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Three Rivers</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Windsor and Maidenhead</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Weymouth and Portland</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Chester-le Street and Durham are now part of County Durham unitary authority.</p><p> </p><p>**North and South Lanarkshire are covered by one ERO</p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission also informs me that it published its report, titled ‘Readiness for the transition to Individual Electoral Registration', which included its assessment of ERO performance in 2013, on 31 March, and wrote to the honourable member with a copy of the report. The report explains that all EROs reported that they were meeting or exceeding standard 1 in 2013, and that the Commission is in the process of conducting a detailed analysis of EROs' electoral registration data from the 2013 canvass, following which it will publish its final assessment of EROs' performance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45958

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2013, Official Report, columns 611-2W, on electoral registration officers, when the Electoral Commission will make available its final assessment of performance for 2013; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	194423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it published its report, titled ‘Readiness for the transition to Individual Electoral Registration', which included its assessment of ERO performance in 2013, on 31 March, and tabled a written statement informing the House of this. It also wrote to the honourable member with a copy of the report and placed a copy in the House of Commons library. A copy of the Commission's statement can be found on the Parliament website: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-vote-office/March_2014/31st-March-2014/14.Speakers-Performance-Standards.pdf" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-vote-office/March_2014/31st-March-2014/14.Speakers-Performance-Standards.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission informs me that it is in the process of carrying out a detailed analysis of EROs' electoral registration data from the 2013 canvass, following which it will publish its final assessment of EROs' performance in 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45960

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 620W, on the electoral register, what progress the Electoral Commission has made in improving registration rates of attainers; and what measures the Electoral Commission uses to judge its performance of increasing registration rates of attainers.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	194422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) are responsible for maintaining the electoral register in their local areas. The Electoral Commission supports them in this work in a number of ways, including by targeting its performance standards to help ensure that they understand the particular challenges in their registration area and develop plans to address these and improve registration rates.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission refers the hon. gentleman to its earlier reply of 29 January 2014 in which it outlined the steps it was taking to register attainers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to isolate registration form downloads from the Commission's <a href="http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.aboutmyvote.co.uk</a> website by demographic, however it does regularly review what media channels are most used by attainers, for example Video On Demand (VOD). This ensures that its campaigns are targeted as effectively as possible.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

46365

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many and what proportion of households which had a door step contact under performance standard 3 were called on (a) once, (b) twice and (c) three times in each local authority in the UK which passed that performance standard in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	194794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it does not collect information about the number of visits that Electoral Registration Officers' staff make to individual households as part of their activities to maintain the electoral registers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

46570

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 19 March 2014, Official Report, column 607W, on unmanned air vehicles, whether any person, agent or public body has provided video imagery or other data to her Department obtained by unmanned aircraft systems in the UK; and for what purposes.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	195014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I am advised that no imagery or other data from such sources is held by the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 4895 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

47302

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for her Department in the last financial year; and how much in agency fees was paid to each of them.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	195556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The five companies that were used most often to provide temporary workers for the Home Department in the last financial year and the total cost of these services are set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No of Contracts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Cost/Value</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1. METHODS CONSULTING LTD</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>£15,415,826</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2. BADENOCH &amp; CLARK</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>£2,905,149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3. LA INTERNATIONAL</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>£3,574,736</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4. ADVANTAGE TECHNICAL RESOURCING</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>£4,271,513</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5. EXPERIS LTD</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>£2,011,081</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p>Please note the above data is:</p><p>a) Only representative of core home office and agency data, it does not include any Arms Length Body (ALBs) organisations.</p><p>b) From April 13- February 14 inclusive.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47294

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by her Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	195578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on the 10 consultancy firms that were paid the most by the Home Department for the last financial year and how much each of those firms were paid is set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Cost/Value</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1. DETICA LTD</p></td><td><p>£7,220,985</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2. PA CONSULTING SERVICES LTD</p></td><td><p>£6,084,558</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3. ERNST AND YOUNG LLP</p></td><td><p>£2,575,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4. KPMG LLP</p></td><td><p>£2,259,099</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5. DELOITTE</p></td><td><p>£855,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6. PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS LLP</p></td><td><p>£676,871</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7. BROADCASTING SUPPORT SERVICES</p></td><td><p>£387,268</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8. X-NET</p></td><td><p>£298,407</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9. ROKE MANOR RESEARCH LIMITED</p></td><td><p>£94,262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10. iO1 LTD</p></td><td><p>£45,704</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie