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759606

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	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 recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the UK voter registration system.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	10165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The most recent formal assessment of register quality, based on the 1 December 2015 registers<br>and published in July 2016, found that individual electoral registration boosted the accuracy of the<br>register by 4 per cent</p><p>Alongside individual registration, the successful introduction of online registration has transformed<br>the way citizens can register. It now takes just a few minutes to apply to register and nearly 30<br>million citizens have taken the opportunity to do so in the last three years. In large part thanks to<br>online registration, the parliamentary register used for the 2017 general election was the largest<br>ever at nearly 47 million</p><p>2.9 million applications were submitted between the calling of the election and the registration<br>deadline date, with 622,000 applications coming on deadline day itself</p><p>The government has continued to modernise the registration process and to make it more<br>accessible, as underscored, for example by recent policy commitments on making it easier for<br>survivors of domestic abuse to register anonymously.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/10/2017 14:54:41 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

759621

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: ICT
	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 effectiveness of the (a) current use of electronic forms of electoral counting and (b) potential merits of introducing such electronic forms of counting for other types of elections.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	10271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>Electronic counting is used in only a small number of polls. However, in considering<br>whether to extend the use of electronic counting, we would need to take into account the<br>cost, accuracy and integrity of adopting it more widely. In previous polls electronic counting<br>has been more expensive and has not been as quick as expected in some circumstances</p><p>We therefore currently have no plans to further its use.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/10/2017 14:44:58 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

760037

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that all costs properly incurred in (a) the administration of elections, including electoral registration costs directly attributable to the election, are reimbursed to returning officers and their employing local authorities and (b) delivering electoral registration are automatically provided to local authorities without the need to revert to the justification-led bidding process.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	10326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The process for reimbursing properly incurred costs for electoral events is overseen by the<br>Election Claims Unit. Once claims have been received and properly scrutinised, expenses<br>necessarily incurred for the effective and efficient delivery of the poll will be reimbursed</p><p>The Election Claims Unit aims to settle claims within 12 months of them being received.</p><p>The majority of electoral registration activity is funded by local authorities across England,<br>Scotland and Wales. The law does not allow for claims for electoral events to include costs<br>of electoral registration.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/10/2017 14:54:00 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

760201

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	General Election 2017
	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 implications for his policies of the findings of the report, Turned Out 2017, published by the RNIB on problems experienced by blind and partially sighted voters at the 2017 General Election; and if he will implement that report's recommendations before local authority elections take place in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	105016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>I welcome the report by the RNIB on the experiences of blind and partially sighted people<br>at the 2017 General Election. The Government will consider these recommendations as<br>part of our current Call for Evidence on the experience of disabled people in registering to<br>vote and voting and will look at the evidence as a whole in planning how to take forward<br>any changes.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/10/2017 14:52:54 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

760626

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Candidates: Disclosure of Information
	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 proposals to extend the option for candidates to restrict publication of their home address to all polls.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	105240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer given on 18th October 2017 to PQ7722.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/10/2017 16:06:02 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

760802

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will remove the requirement for election agents' home addresses to be published.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	105312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises the concerns surrounding the inclusion of home addresses on electoral documents which are published and we will consider this whilst looking at issues in relation to publication of the home addresses of candidates.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/10/2017 16:09:28 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

760803

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Candidates: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will review the process of recording candidates' expenses including the consideration of the return to, and subsequent reporting of, expenses to returning officers and the possible provision of online reporting and inspection mechanisms.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	105313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is clear that spending by candidates at elections should continue to be transparent. We will discuss with returning officers and the Electoral Commission how processes relating to the return and publication of spending returns could be improved. The development of online reporting and inspection is likely incur substantial cost as an online platform would need to be developed, established and maintained.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/10/2017 16:07:50 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

760804

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to introduce a formal complaints system as recommended by the Law Commission to provide for a clearer and local system of accountability and challenge.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	105314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government, in its response to the Sir Eric Pickle’s review of electoral law, agreed with this recommendation. We will continue to work with the Law Commissions and other organisations such as the Electoral Commission on how best to implement the recommendations set out in their review.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/10/2017 16:08:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

765472

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	List of Ministerial Responsibilities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to update his Office's publication entitled List of Ministerial Responsibilities.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	106078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The updated List of Ministerial Responsibilities is now available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-ministers- and-responsibilities on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/10/2017 16:06:48 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

770059

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women have died from ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in each year since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	107658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I<br>have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/10/2017 14:55:41 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name 107658 v.02.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce