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347413

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 21 May 2012, Official Report, column 483W, on voter identification, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals during the course of the current Parliament to require voters to produce photographic identification at polling stations.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government considers tackling electoral fraud as a high priority and believes that more needs to be done to safeguard the integrity of elections.</p><p>The Electoral Commission has been developing proposals for a scheme to require voters in polling stations to provide identification before they can be issued with ballot papers. The Government will consider these proposals in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 04/06/2015 15:35:04 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347425

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Think Tanks
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 require think tanks to disclose their sources of funding.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Think tanks carrying on the business of consultant lobbying are already subject to the provisions of Part 1 of the Transparency of Lobbying Act 2014 and the activities of any think tank acting as a third party campaign group are already subject to the rules in the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 so the Government has no plans to legislate further in this area.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 08/06/2015 14:44:13 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

347056

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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 number of people (a) entitled and (b) registered to vote in each parliamentary constituency at the May 2015 general election.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics has published electoral statistics for those registered to vote based on the registers published on 1 December 2014 in England and Wales and 28 February in Scotland. They can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pop-estimate/electoral-statistics-for-uk/2014/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pop-estimate/electoral-statistics-for-uk/2014/index.html</a></p><p>The Electoral Commission made its assessment of the registers used for the General Election on 7 May and plan to publish their report in June.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 04/06/2015 11:50:24 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347081

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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 assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration on the number of registered voters aged 18 to 24.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The introduction of Individual Electoral Registration (IER) has made it easier than ever before for students to register to vote through online registration, with almost 20% of applications coming from the 18-24 age group since IER came into force.</p><p>The Electoral Commission will be publishing a report in June on the electoral registers used for the General Election, providing the most up to date picture about registration levels.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 221 question first answered 03/06/2015 11:56:45 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347083

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Higher Education
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 of the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration on the number of registered voters who are enrolled full-time in higher education.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The introduction of Individual Electoral Registration (IER) has made it easier than ever before for students to register to vote through online registration, with almost 20% of applications coming from the 18-24 age group since IER came into force.</p><p>The Electoral Commission will be publishing a report in June on the electoral registers used for the General Election, providing the most up to date picture about registration levels.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 220 question first answered 03/06/2015 11:56:45 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347085

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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 hehas made of the effect of the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration on (a) the incidence of electoral fraud and (b) public perceptions of the integrity of the electoral system.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>A report on allegations of electoral fraud reported to police forces in the UK is published each year jointly by the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Electoral Commission. The Electoral Commission also publishes an annual UK wide public opinion survey (the ‘Winter Tracker’) which asks the public for its views on electoral fraud.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 04/06/2015 11:54:01 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347116

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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, what estimate he has made of potential savings to the public purse from reducing the number of Parliamentary constituencies to 600.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The most recent estimate, in June 2012, indicated that reducing the number of MPs from 650 to 600 would result in savings of £13.6 million a year.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 03/06/2015 15:42:56 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347117

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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, if he will abolish the future planned limit on the number of Parliamentary constituencies at 600.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies (PVSC) Act 2011 currently provides for the number of constituencies to be reduced from 650 to 600 and the Government remains committed to equalising the size of constituencies in order to make votes of more equal value, regardless of where in the country voters live.</p><p>The Boundary Commissions are currently due to commence work on their next reviews of Parliamentary constituencies in spring 2016 in order to submit final reports by 1 October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is responsible for the regulation and payment of expenses, including office running costs, to Members of the House of Commons.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 264 273 291 question first answered 03/06/2015 12:01:59 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347119

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the requirement that the size of constituency electorates should fall within five per cent of the electoral quota, as set out in the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, Clause 1 Part 2, Section 11 (2) (1) on the representation of densely-populated urban areas.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies (PVSC) Act 2011 currently provides for the number of constituencies to be reduced from 650 to 600 and the Government remains committed to equalising the size of constituencies in order to make votes of more equal value, regardless of where in the country voters live.</p><p>The Boundary Commissions are currently due to commence work on their next reviews of Parliamentary constituencies in spring 2016 in order to submit final reports by 1 October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is responsible for the regulation and payment of expenses, including office running costs, to Members of the House of Commons.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 263 273 291 question first answered 03/06/2015 12:01:59 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347128

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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, whether a reduction in the number of Parliamentary constituencies to 600 would be accompanied by increases to the budgets available to hon. Members for office running costs.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies (PVSC) Act 2011 currently provides for the number of constituencies to be reduced from 650 to 600 and the Government remains committed to equalising the size of constituencies in order to make votes of more equal value, regardless of where in the country voters live.</p><p>The Boundary Commissions are currently due to commence work on their next reviews of Parliamentary constituencies in spring 2016 in order to submit final reports by 1 October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is responsible for the regulation and payment of expenses, including office running costs, to Members of the House of Commons.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 263 264 291 question first answered 03/06/2015 12:02:00 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry