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509972

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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, with reference to the press release entitled Government responds to the public desire for EU facts published on 6 April 2016, how much the Government plans to spend on providing further public information on the EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	Harwich and North Essex
tabling member printed	Mr Bernard Jenkin
uin	33476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government published details of the cost of the production and delivery of this public information leaflet on 6<sup>th</sup> April. It is not possible to provide a further breakdown of these figures, as this would compromise the commercial confidentiality of Royal Mail and the relevant printers.</p><p>The Government has confirmed that a budget of £2.894,064m has been allocated for digital promotion and the operation of the <a href="http://eureferendum.gov.uk/" target="_blank">EUreferendum.gov.uk</a> website. This will be a key means through which the public can access factual information on the Referendum question.</p><p>It is important to ensure that the public continue to have access to factual information throughout the Referendum campaign. The Government has been clear that it will comply fully with the statutory restrictions in place during the 28 day period from 27th May 2016. No new content will be added to the <a href="http://eureferendum.gov.uk/" target="_blank">EUreferendum.gov.uk</a> website during this period.</p><p>Work on the leaflet and the website was taken forward by Cabinet Office and No 10 staff, as part of their on-going responsibilities and it is not possible to separate out the cost without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 33449 33450 33451 33477 question first answered 14/04/2016 16:29:54 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	40 label Biography information for Sir Bernard Jenkin

509973

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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, with reference to the press release entitled Government responds to the public desire for EU facts published on 6 April 2016, what proportion and how much of the £2,894,064 will be spent on digital promotion and a website as part of the EU referendum campaign; and whether the website eureferendum.gov.uk will be removed from the internet during the period in which section 125 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 applies.
tabling member constituency	Harwich and North Essex
tabling member printed	Mr Bernard Jenkin
uin	33477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government published details of the cost of the production and delivery of this public information leaflet on 6<sup>th</sup> April. It is not possible to provide a further breakdown of these figures, as this would compromise the commercial confidentiality of Royal Mail and the relevant printers.</p><p>The Government has confirmed that a budget of £2.894,064m has been allocated for digital promotion and the operation of the <a href="http://eureferendum.gov.uk/" target="_blank">EUreferendum.gov.uk</a> website. This will be a key means through which the public can access factual information on the Referendum question.</p><p>It is important to ensure that the public continue to have access to factual information throughout the Referendum campaign. The Government has been clear that it will comply fully with the statutory restrictions in place during the 28 day period from 27th May 2016. No new content will be added to the <a href="http://eureferendum.gov.uk/" target="_blank">EUreferendum.gov.uk</a> website during this period.</p><p>Work on the leaflet and the website was taken forward by Cabinet Office and No 10 staff, as part of their on-going responsibilities and it is not possible to separate out the cost without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 33449 33450 33451 33476 question first answered 14/04/2016 16:29:54 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	40 label Biography information for Sir Bernard Jenkin

509974

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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 the weight is of the Government's EU referendum leaflet; and what the rate of postage is for each such leaflet.
tabling member constituency	Harwich and North Essex
tabling member printed	Mr Bernard Jenkin
uin	33449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government published details of the cost of the production and delivery of this public information leaflet on 6<sup>th</sup> April. It is not possible to provide a further breakdown of these figures, as this would compromise the commercial confidentiality of Royal Mail and the relevant printers.</p><p>The Government has confirmed that a budget of £2.894,064m has been allocated for digital promotion and the operation of the <a href="http://eureferendum.gov.uk/" target="_blank">EUreferendum.gov.uk</a> website. This will be a key means through which the public can access factual information on the Referendum question.</p><p>It is important to ensure that the public continue to have access to factual information throughout the Referendum campaign. The Government has been clear that it will comply fully with the statutory restrictions in place during the 28 day period from 27th May 2016. No new content will be added to the <a href="http://eureferendum.gov.uk/" target="_blank">EUreferendum.gov.uk</a> website during this period.</p><p>Work on the leaflet and the website was taken forward by Cabinet Office and No 10 staff, as part of their on-going responsibilities and it is not possible to separate out the cost without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 33450 33451 33476 33477 question first answered 14/04/2016 16:29:54 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	40 label Biography information for Sir Bernard Jenkin

509975

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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, how much (a) has been spent and (b) is planned to be spent on the printing of the Government's EU referendum leaflet.
tabling member constituency	Harwich and North Essex
tabling member printed	Mr Bernard Jenkin
uin	33450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government published details of the cost of the production and delivery of this public information leaflet on 6<sup>th</sup> April. It is not possible to provide a further breakdown of these figures, as this would compromise the commercial confidentiality of Royal Mail and the relevant printers.</p><p>The Government has confirmed that a budget of £2.894,064m has been allocated for digital promotion and the operation of the <a href="http://eureferendum.gov.uk/" target="_blank">EUreferendum.gov.uk</a> website. This will be a key means through which the public can access factual information on the Referendum question.</p><p>It is important to ensure that the public continue to have access to factual information throughout the Referendum campaign. The Government has been clear that it will comply fully with the statutory restrictions in place during the 28 day period from 27th May 2016. No new content will be added to the <a href="http://eureferendum.gov.uk/" target="_blank">EUreferendum.gov.uk</a> website during this period.</p><p>Work on the leaflet and the website was taken forward by Cabinet Office and No 10 staff, as part of their on-going responsibilities and it is not possible to separate out the cost without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 33449 33451 33476 33477 question first answered 14/04/2016 16:29:54 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	40 label Biography information for Sir Bernard Jenkin

509976

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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, how many officials worked on the content, design and production of (a) the Government's EU referendum leaflet, (b) the eureferendum.gov.uk website and (c) pro-EU advertising commissioned by the Government; how many man-hours such work represented; if he will estimate the costs of their work; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harwich and North Essex
tabling member printed	Mr Bernard Jenkin
uin	33451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government published details of the cost of the production and delivery of this public information leaflet on 6<sup>th</sup> April. It is not possible to provide a further breakdown of these figures, as this would compromise the commercial confidentiality of Royal Mail and the relevant printers.</p><p>The Government has confirmed that a budget of £2.894,064m has been allocated for digital promotion and the operation of the <a href="http://eureferendum.gov.uk/" target="_blank">EUreferendum.gov.uk</a> website. This will be a key means through which the public can access factual information on the Referendum question.</p><p>It is important to ensure that the public continue to have access to factual information throughout the Referendum campaign. The Government has been clear that it will comply fully with the statutory restrictions in place during the 28 day period from 27th May 2016. No new content will be added to the <a href="http://eureferendum.gov.uk/" target="_blank">EUreferendum.gov.uk</a> website during this period.</p><p>Work on the leaflet and the website was taken forward by Cabinet Office and No 10 staff, as part of their on-going responsibilities and it is not possible to separate out the cost without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 33449 33450 33476 33477 question first answered 14/04/2016 16:29:54 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	40 label Biography information for Sir Bernard Jenkin

509981

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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, with reference to the press release, Government response to public desire for EU facts, published on 6 April 2016, how much and in what areas the Government has spent on the production of its leaflet on the EU referendum; and from which departmental budget that funding has been obtained.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	33272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 14 April 2016, to the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex.</p><p>All leaflets will be delivered in advance of the 28 day restricted period, beginning on 27 May 2016. The costs of the leaflet will be met from the Cabinet Office budget.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 33273 question first answered 14/04/2016 15:34:57 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

509982

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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, with reference to the press release, Government response to public desire for EU facts, published on 6 April 2016, whether the Government plans to complete the delivery of the leaflets on the EU referendum and remove the website, eureferendum.gov.uk, prior to the start of the purdah period related to that referendum on 27 May 2016.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	33273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 14 April 2016, to the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex.</p><p>All leaflets will be delivered in advance of the 28 day restricted period, beginning on 27 May 2016. The costs of the leaflet will be met from the Cabinet Office budget.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 33272 question first answered 14/04/2016 15:34:57 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

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

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