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506258

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects to answer Question 26017, tabled by the hon. Member for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock on 5 February 2016.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	33197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 11 April 2016.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 18/04/2016 10:09:32 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson

506260

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to replicate the Northern Ireland electoral registration/schools initiative before the May 2016 elections and EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	32861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>EROs are already free to work with local schools and colleges in their area and many already do. In addition the Cabinet Office has published a collection of free learning resources aimed at engaging young people in the democratic process. This includes Rock Enrol! which can be used in an educational setting and provides an opportunity for participants to register to vote. The N.I.registration is different from the rest of the UK, so the schools initiative might would not necessarily translate easily across.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 14/04/2016 10:27:22 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

506261

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans his Department has to encourage voter registration amongst students before the EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	32900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government has made it easier and more flexible for students to register to vote than ever before with the introduction of online registration. Students are now able to register at both term time and home addresses in just three minutes. Since June 2014, 3.8 million people aged 16-24 have applied to register to vote with 2.8 million of these applications made online. The Government is also working with Higher Education and Further Education bodies including the Association of Colleges and Universities UK to explore voter registration among students further.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 13/04/2016 14:15:46 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

506264

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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 the cost of supporting electoral registration by (a) local authorities and (b) other groups was in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	32872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>Since financial year 2012/13 the Cabinet Office has provided funding to local authorities and civil society organisations to support the implementation and delivery of Individual Electoral Registration. Prior to financial year 2010/11 electoral registration policy was under the remit of the Ministry of Justice. The Cabinet Office does not hold any relevant financial data prior to 2010.</p><p>Local Authorities are under a statutory obligation to provide Electoral Registration Officers with funding and resources to support electoral registration more generally. Local Authorities are funded from a block grant that is allocated by the Department for Communities and Local Government.</p><p>The table below notes the funding provided by the Cabinet Office to local authorities and other groups and organisations in Great Britain. This includes core funding to support local authorites in the transition to IER, and the upgrade of hardware, such as printers, to support the new A3 registration forms .The figures also include funding that was allocated to local authorities and other groups to support efforts to increase levels of registration between financial years 2010/11 and 2015/16.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Authorities</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£9,115,416</p></td><td><p>£39,537,279</p></td><td><p>£25,858,168</p></td><td><p>£74,510,862</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Groups</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£56,545</p></td><td><p>£216,247</p></td><td><p>£1,933,759</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£2,191,401</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /><p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 19/04/2016 16:44:35 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

506265

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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 steps the Government is taking to encourage people who may not be able to vote in person in the EU referendum to apply for a postal vote before the relevant deadline.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	32873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government has amended the <a href="http://gov.uk/register-to-vote" target="_blank">gov.uk/register-to-vote</a> site to ensure electors are informed how to register for a postal or proxy vote and of the deadline to register before the upcoming May elections and EU referendum.</p><p> </p><p>Ahead of the referendum registered electors will also receive poll cards informing them how they can apply to vote by post or appoint a proxy.</p><p> </p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office's overseas network is supporting the Electoral Commission in encouraging British nationals overseas who are eligible to vote to register. This is consistent with previous polls. Expats are encouraged to register as soon as possible and by 16 May at the latest, so that they have time to receive and return their postal ballots ahead of polling day.</p><p> </p><p>We have also extended the electoral timetable which means that postal voting packs can be sent out to voters earlier before polling day, to make it easier for postal votes to be cast successfully.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 18/04/2016 14:21:31 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

506266

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the Government intends to encourage electoral registration officers to prepare and execute strategies to maximise the proportion of (a) 16 and 17 year olds, (b) FE and HE students and (c) people aged 25 years and under registering to vote.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	32874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>Electoral Registration Officers have a statutory duty to maintain the completeness and accuracy of their registers and are held accountable for meeting performance standards by the Electoral Commission. This includes implementing public engagement strategies to target under registered groups which includes young people. The Government has made available a range of free online learning resources on voter registration. These have been promoted to EROs using channels such as newsletters and Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA) meetings.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 13/04/2016 14:40:56 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

506269

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the greening government commitments for the current Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	32669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>A framework of Greening Government Commitments targets for the current Parliament is being considered by Ministers across Government, and an announcement will be made once arrangements are finalised.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 18/04/2016 10:08:15 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

506270

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2016 to Question 26361, how many officials work in the secretariat in the Cabinet Office that deals with all European matters; to whom such officials report; and what such officials' involvement will be in drawing up contingency plans in the event of a UK exit from the EU.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	32678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The secretariat in Cabinet Office that deals with all European matters reports to the Prime Minister's Adviser on European and Global Issues. Information on Cabinet Office staff and salaries is on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-structure-charts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-structure-charts</a></p><p>The Government's position, as set out by the Prime Minister to the House on 22 February, is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU. The civil service is working to support the Government’s position.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 18/04/2016 10:12:00 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

506271

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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, whether the Government plans to encourage the combination of electoral registration of 16 and 17 year olds with related (a) programmes of study and (b) extra-curricular activities in all English educational establishments.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	33017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government helps promote democratic participation in schools through the Citizenship curriculum. This part of the national curriculum is statutory at Key Stage 3 &amp; 4 and helps to prepare pupils to play a full and active part in society. Pupils learn about democracy, government and how laws are made and upheld. The Government has also developed a number of learning resources, including Rock Enrol! This includes activities that discuss the importance of democratic engagement and can be used with young people in formal and informal educational environments.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 13/04/2016 14:44:59 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

506272

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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 representations he has (a) received and (b) made on the introduction or piloting of a system of automatic electoral registration.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	33030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>I have considered a range of proposals from local authorities and civil society organisations that could change how registration is currently delivered. The Government is committed to further modernising and improving electoral registration, building on the successful transition to Individual Electoral Registration (IER). We are keen to explore further possibilities in this area but are concerned there may be tension between some forms of automatic registration and the principles underpinning IER, namely individual responsibility and ownership over registering to vote.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 14/04/2016 10:26:15 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris