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416601

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	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 change in the number of electors on the electoral register in each (a) constituency and (b) local authority when the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (Transitional Powers) Order 2015 (S.I., 2015, No. 1520), dated 15 July 2015, are brought into force; and which 10 local authorities will see the biggest fall in the number of electors and what those losses will be.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Individual electoral registration is essential to tackle electoral fraud and ensure a clean democratic process. 96% of electors in Great Britain have already transferred to the new IER registers. The latest figures on electors yet to be registered, broken down to local authority level, are available here:</p><p><a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0007/190465/IER-May-2015-electoral-registers-data.xlsx" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0007/190465/IER-May-2015-electoral-registers-data.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures do not take into account the current annual canvass, which will help encourage the remaining eligible retained electors to register individually ahead of December. As the Electoral Commission has said, many of these retained entries are likely to be redundant, for example because of electors moving home. Figures at a Parliamentary constituency level are not available.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 8544 question first answered 11/09/2015 10:06:40 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416598

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	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 change in the number of electors in each constituency and as a result of the provisions of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2015 (S.I., 2015, No. 1520).
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Individual electoral registration is essential to tackle electoral fraud and ensure a clean democratic process. 96% of electors in Great Britain have already transferred to the new IER registers. The latest figures on electors yet to be registered, broken down to local authority level, are available here:</p><p><a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0007/190465/IER-May-2015-electoral-registers-data.xlsx" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0007/190465/IER-May-2015-electoral-registers-data.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures do not take into account the current annual canvass, which will help encourage the remaining eligible retained electors to register individually ahead of December. As the Electoral Commission has said, many of these retained entries are likely to be redundant, for example because of electors moving home. Figures at a Parliamentary constituency level are not available.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 8453 question first answered 11/09/2015 10:06:40 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

524201

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2016
	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, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that those non-UK citizens who are not eligible to vote are not able to vote in the EU referendum.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	40157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The EU referendum will be overseen by the Chief Counting Officer, chair of the Electoral Commission, who is responsible for making sure the referendum is held in accordance with the legislation governing the conduct of the poll. The Electoral Commission has issued a statement setting out the actions that have been taken to address an issue with elections software used by a number of local authorities in England and Wales that meant that some non-eligible EU citizens had mistakenly received poll cards and, in some instances, postal votes. The Commission explains that the software provider has resolved the issue and none of the affected electors will be shown as eligible on the electoral registers to be used at polling stations on the 23 June. Any incorrectly issued postal votes will be cancelled.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 40158 40169 40170 question first answered 14/06/2016 16:02:13 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

524202

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2016
	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, if he will request that the Electoral Commission investigate the extent to which the electoral roll prepared for the EU referendum on 23 June 2016 contains citizens of EU countries who are not eligible to vote.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	40158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The EU referendum will be overseen by the Chief Counting Officer, chair of the Electoral Commission, who is responsible for making sure the referendum is held in accordance with the legislation governing the conduct of the poll. The Electoral Commission has issued a statement setting out the actions that have been taken to address an issue with elections software used by a number of local authorities in England and Wales that meant that some non-eligible EU citizens had mistakenly received poll cards and, in some instances, postal votes. The Commission explains that the software provider has resolved the issue and none of the affected electors will be shown as eligible on the electoral registers to be used at polling stations on the 23 June. Any incorrectly issued postal votes will be cancelled.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 40157 40169 40170 question first answered 14/06/2016 16:02:13 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

524205

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2016
	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, if he will request that the Electoral Commission investigate the extent to which the electoral roll prepared for the referendum on the UK's membership of the EU 2016 includes citizens of EU countries who are not eligible to vote.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	40169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The EU referendum will be overseen by the Chief Counting Officer, chair of the Electoral Commission, who is responsible for making sure the referendum is held in accordance with the legislation governing the conduct of the poll. The Electoral Commission has issued a statement setting out the actions that have been taken to address an issue with elections software used by a number of local authorities in England and Wales that meant that some non-eligible EU citizens had mistakenly received poll cards and, in some instances, postal votes. The Commission explains that the software provider has resolved the issue and none of the affected electors will be shown as eligible on the electoral registers to be used at polling stations on the 23 June. Any incorrectly issued postal votes will be cancelled.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 40157 40158 40170 question first answered 14/06/2016 16:02:13 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

524206

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2016
	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, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that non-UK citizens who are not eligible to vote are not able to vote in the referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	40170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The EU referendum will be overseen by the Chief Counting Officer, chair of the Electoral Commission, who is responsible for making sure the referendum is held in accordance with the legislation governing the conduct of the poll. The Electoral Commission has issued a statement setting out the actions that have been taken to address an issue with elections software used by a number of local authorities in England and Wales that meant that some non-eligible EU citizens had mistakenly received poll cards and, in some instances, postal votes. The Commission explains that the software provider has resolved the issue and none of the affected electors will be shown as eligible on the electoral registers to be used at polling stations on the 23 June. Any incorrectly issued postal votes will be cancelled.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 40157 40158 40169 question first answered 14/06/2016 16:02:13 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

521990

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: UK Membership of EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library copies of all letters, leaflets and other material from his Department circulated to (a) stakeholders and (b) members of the public on the EU Referendum; what the costs of the production and distribution of that material has been since 1 January 2016; and what he estimates the cost of any further production and distribution of such material will be between 6 May 2016 and 23 June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
	tabling member printed	William Wragg
	uin	38811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>Copies of the Government's published documents on the Referendum are available in the Libraries of both Houses. It is not normal practice to publish letters to members of the public and stakeholders. Costs relating to the Referendum will be accounted for in the usual way in Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 38825 question first answered 08/06/2016 16:06:27 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

522224

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: UK Membership of EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library copies of all letters, leaflets and other material from 10 Downing Street circulated to (a) stakeholders and (b) members of the public on the EU referendum; what the costs of the production and distribution of that material has been since 1 January 2016; and what he estimates the cost of any further production and distribution of such material will be between 6 May 2016 and 23 June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
	tabling member printed	William Wragg
	uin	38825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>Copies of the Government's published documents on the Referendum are available in the Libraries of both Houses. It is not normal practice to publish letters to members of the public and stakeholders. Costs relating to the Referendum will be accounted for in the usual way in Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 38811 question first answered 08/06/2016 16:06:27 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

516175

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	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, what (a) temporary staff and (b) consultants his Department has used to support his Office in promoting the Government's position on the EU referendum.
	tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
	tabling member printed	William Wragg
	uin	35837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave to the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex on 11 February to UIN: <strong>26361</strong>, and to the hon. Member for Clacton on 18 April to UIN: <strong>33727</strong>.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 35839 question first answered 04/05/2016 16:48:57 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

516164

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	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, how many additional staff have been employed to work on EU-related matters in which Government Departments (a) over the last 12 months and (b) since January 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
	tabling member printed	William Wragg
	uin	35839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave to the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex on 11 February to UIN: <strong>26361</strong>, and to the hon. Member for Clacton on 18 April to UIN: <strong>33727</strong>.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 35837 question first answered 04/05/2016 16:48:57 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg