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381349

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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 consideration the Government has given to continuing to use the matching system between the electoral register and Government databases that was used in the transition towards Individual Electoral Registration.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	2641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The matching of electoral registers against Government and local authority data, referred to as ‘confirmation,’ was a one off exercise to help simplify the change to Individual Electoral Registration (IER). It resulted in 87% of existing electors being automatically transferred to the new registers under IER without needing to take any action. Data matching continues to form an important part of the system for voter registration, in verifying new applications, but also locally in identifying and verifying applications from eligible electors. We will keep under review the scope for data to further improve voter registration.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 22/06/2015 16:18:37 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

381350

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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 assessment he has made of the effect on the number of people on the electoral register of the transition to Individual Electoral Registration.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	2651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission published their analysis of the electoral registers used for the elections on 7 May 2015. The full report can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/190464/IER-June-report.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/190464/IER-June-report.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 22/06/2015 16:21:21 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

381351

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the (a) national and (b) local match system used in the transition to Individual Electoral Registration.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	2652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office published results in November 2014 of the nationwide data matching process referred to as ‘confirmation’ between government records and local data with electoral registers during the transition to Individual Electoral Registration.</p><p>The report is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/using-data-matching-to-confirm-electors-in-great-britain" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/using-data-matching-to-confirm-electors-in-great-britain</a></p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 2653 question first answered 22/06/2015 16:23:23 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

381352

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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 (a) national and (b) local match rates between the electoral register and government databases were used in the transition towards Individual Electoral Registration (i) overall and (ii) in each local authority and parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	2653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office published results in November 2014 of the nationwide data matching process referred to as ‘confirmation’ between government records and local data with electoral registers during the transition to Individual Electoral Registration.</p><p>The report is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/using-data-matching-to-confirm-electors-in-great-britain" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/using-data-matching-to-confirm-electors-in-great-britain</a></p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 2652 question first answered 22/06/2015 16:23:23 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

381353

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections
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 legislative proposals to increase the deposit necessary to stand in local elections.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	2654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Deposits are not currently required for candidates to stand in local government elections and the Government does not have any plans to introduce such a provision.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 22/06/2015 16:27:00 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

353862

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	General Election 2015
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was accrued to the public purse as a result of candidates losing their deposits at the 2015 General Election.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	2296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>Every candidate standing in the General Election must pay a deposit of £500, which is forfeited if they fail to gain five per cent of the vote in the constituency in which they are standing.</p><p>The total amount that is to be returned to the Consolidated Fund as a result of candidates losing their deposit at the 2015 General Election is £773,000. This represents 1,546 candidates that lost their deposit.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 17/06/2015 13:46:38 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

349549

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
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 steps he is taking to increase electoral registration.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Harry Harpham
uin	1887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Over £14 million 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 question first answered 16/06/2015 15:09:16 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4477 label Biography information for Harry Harpham

349837

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Absent Voting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many postal votes were rejected nationally at the 2015 General Election; and what steps he is taking to ensure that people whose postal vote was rejected on that occasion will not encounter the same problem in the future.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	1996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not collate such information centrally.</p><p>In the previous Parliament, the Government legislated to require Electoral Registration Officers to write out to postal voters whose ballot papers were not included in the count because details on their postal voting statement could not be verified. These notifications give an explanation for the rejection and should be sent in the three months immediately following the poll.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 16/06/2015 15:11:55 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

348938

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Constituencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2015 to Question 262, how his Department's estimate that reducing the number of Parliamentary constituencies from 650 to 600 would result in savings to the public purse of £13.6 million a year has been calculated.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	1444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Information on the projected savings can be found at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA12-017.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA12-017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 16/06/2015 15:01:30 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

348972

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	House of Lords: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on bringing forward legislation on House of Lords reform during the course of the current Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	1395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government believes that there remains a strong case for introducing an elected element into the second chamber, but does not see this as a priority for this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 16/06/2015 15:05:43 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry