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419829

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish an updated electoral register, including each (a) local authority and (b) parliamentary constituency, with the number of carry-forward electors who have not yet registered under individual electoral registration.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	10863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>Individual Electoral Registration (IER) is essential in making the system of electoral registration more secure and less vulnerable to fraud. 96% of electors in Great Britain have already transferred to the new IER registers. As the Electoral Commission has said, many of these retained entries are likely to be redundant, for example where electors have moved home. The latest figures on electors retained from registers before IER, broken down to local authority and regional level, are available online:</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>They show that the number of carry forwards had declined by two thirds between summer 2014 and May 2015. These figures do not take into account of the work of the annual canvass, which is currently underway, or extra Government funding available to Local Authorities to target remaining carry forward electors specifically. We expect the number of carry forward entries to decline further as a result.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 14/10/2015 15:33:00 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

419830

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued to electoral returning officers on the release of electoral registration statistics in response to Freedom of Information requests.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	10864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not issued guidance to electoral returning officers on the release of electoral registration statistics in response to Freedom of Information requests.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 14/10/2015 15:32:44 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

419840

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Young People
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 confirm and add attainers and young voters to the electoral register before December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Allen
uin	10680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) are currently conducting the first full canvass of households under Individual Electoral Registration (IER). This will help to identify new attainers with Household Enquiry Forms specifically asking for the names of all residents who are over the age of 16.</p><p>The Government has funded youth organisations, including Active Citizens FE, Bite the Ballot and UK Youth, for activities that engage attainers and young people in the democratic process. Cabinet Office has also developed free resources, including Rock Enrol!, for use in schools, colleges and youth groups to encourage people to participate in democracy and register to vote.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 19/10/2015 12:07:20 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	364 label Biography information for Mr Graham Allen

419841

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: 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 extend the successful Schools Initiative in Northern Ireland established to increase voter registration among 16 to 18 year olds to other parts of the UK before the next 2015 deadline for electoral registration.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Allen
uin	10713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The most recent report by the Electoral Commission (November 2012) on completeness and accuracy of the register in Northern Ireland showed that 51% of 18 - 19 year olds were registered to vote compared to 76% in Great Britain. The Government has no current plans to extend the Northern Ireland Schools Initiative to the rest of the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 10714 question first answered 19/10/2015 12:08:23 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	364 label Biography information for Mr Graham Allen

419032

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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the Government has made of the number of carry-forward electors in each (a) region and (b) local authority who have not yet registered under individual electoral registration.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	10417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 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. As the Electoral Commission has said, many of these retained entries are likely to be redundant, for example because of electors moving home. The latest figures on electors yet to be registered, broken down to local authority and regional 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>These figures do not take into account the annual canvass, which is currently underway, with extra Government funding available to help Local Authorities contact carry forwards specifically by the end of the year. We expect the number of carry forward entries remaining on the register to be reduced substantially as a result of this work.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 12/10/2015 16:47:42 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

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

416174

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	Royal Archives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on allowing full public access to the Royal Archives.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Royal Archives are private archives which offer public access to historical papers for educational purposes and academic study, including via an online digitisation and public access programme, while protecting the personal private papers of The Queen and Members of the Royal Family. Access to the Archives is the responsibility of the Keeper of the Royal Archives.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 11/09/2015 10:07:30 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

416182

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	Members
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 annual savings to the public purse of reducing the number of hon. Members from 650 to 600.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The most recent estimate, in June 2012, indicated that if the number of MPs were reduced from 650 to 600, the saving would be £13.6 million a year.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 11/09/2015 10:35:29 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

416513

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	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent representations he has received on the effect on campaigning before the 2015 General Election of the provisions of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	8576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>The Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 received Royal Assent on 30 January 2014. Section 39 of the Act provides for a post-election review of the operation of the regulatory regime governing third parties at the 2015 General Election.</p><p>Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts CBE was appointed to lead the independent review on 28 January 2015. Work on the review is ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>The reviewer must make a written report on the review and provide this to the Minister who must lay a copy of the report before Parliament and publish the report in such a manner as they consider appropriate by November 2016.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 10/09/2015 15:08:58 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

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