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523385

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Ombudsman
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on bringing forward proposals for a modern public services ombudsman in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	39718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is making good progress and will publish draft legislation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 15/06/2016 09:43:42 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

522975

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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 he is taking to ensure that people who are not eligible to vote in the EU referendum and who have received ballot papers in error are not able to use those ballot papers.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	39294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The EU referendum will be overseen by the Chief Counting Officer, chair of the independent Electoral Commission, who is responsible for making sure the referendum is held in accordance with the legislation governing the conduct of the poll. The Electoral Commission has recently issued a statement setting out the actions that have been taken to address an issue with elections software used by a number of local authorities in England and Wales. They will ensure that any postal votes which have been issued to electors who are not eligible to vote in the referendum will be cancelled and none of these electors will be shown as eligable on the electoral register to be used at polling stations on the 23rd June.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 14/06/2016 16:10:58 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

522442

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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 he is taking to ensure that postal votes and ballot papers are sent only to eligible voters for the forthcoming EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	39266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The referendum will be overseen by the Chief Counting Officer, chair of the independent Electoral Commission, who is responsible for making sure the referendum is held in accordance with the legislation. The Electoral Commission made a statement on &quot;non-eligible EU citizen voters&quot; on the 2 June 2016 which can be found at <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 13/06/2016 15:28:31 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

522446

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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 Answer of 13 April 2016 to Question 32900, what materials have been distributed to (a) students and (b) higher and further education institutions in respect of (i) voter registration and (ii) the EU referendum; what the cost to the public purse of that material was; and if he will place copies of all such material in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	William Wragg
uin	39198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>Ministers wrote to universities, Further Education and sixth form colleges to encourage them to promote registration among their students ahead of the Referendum. The Government used social media to support initiatives such as Universities UK’s ‘student action week’ and shared the Electoral Commission’s publicly available materials at no additional cost to the public purse. No additional activity has taken place with these audiences since the start of the Purdah period.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 08/06/2016 16:05:22 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

522450

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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 26 May 2016 to Question 37839, what the cost to the public purse has been of advertising of the Government's position on the EU referendum specifically on social media to date, excluding the cost of producing, distributing and publicising the Government's EU referendum leaflet and associated website.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	39123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government confirmed on 6<sup>th</sup> April 2016 that £2,894,064 had been set aside for the promotion of information relating to the EU Referendum, including the production of <a href="http://eureferndum.gov.uk/" target="_blank">eureferndum.gov.uk</a>. Costs relating to the Referendum will be accounted for in the usual way in Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 08/06/2016 16:04:15 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

521990

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library copies of all letters, leaflets and other material from his Department circulated to (a) stakeholders and (b) members of the public on the EU Referendum; what the costs of the production and distribution of that material has been since 1 January 2016; and what he estimates the cost of any further production and distribution of such material will be between 6 May 2016 and 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	William Wragg
uin	38811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>Copies of the Government's published documents on the Referendum are available in the Libraries of both Houses. It is not normal practice to publish letters to members of the public and stakeholders. Costs relating to the Referendum will be accounted for in the usual way in Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 38825 question first answered 08/06/2016 16:06:27 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

522018

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
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 the Government (a) has spent to date and (b) plans to spend before 23 June 2016 on promoting the Government's policy on the UK's membership of the EU.
tabling member constituency	Daventry
tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
uin	38929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government published on 6<sup>th</sup> April 2016 the total cost of producing, distributing and publicising the Government’s leaflet on the EU Referendum, including digital promotion and the production of eureferndum.gov.uk. Wider costs relating to the Referendum will be accounted for in the usual way in Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 08/06/2016 16:10:27 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

522224

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library copies of all letters, leaflets and other material from 10 Downing Street circulated to (a) stakeholders and (b) members of the public on the EU referendum; what the costs of the production and distribution of that material has been since 1 January 2016; and what he estimates the cost of any further production and distribution of such material will be between 6 May 2016 and 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	William Wragg
uin	38825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>Copies of the Government's published documents on the Referendum are available in the Libraries of both Houses. It is not normal practice to publish letters to members of the public and stakeholders. Costs relating to the Referendum will be accounted for in the usual way in Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 38811 question first answered 08/06/2016 16:06:27 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

521522

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
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 assessment he has made of the implications for the Government's policy on voter registration of the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Democratic Participation, entitled Getting the Missing Millions on to the Electoral Register, published in April 2016.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	38458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>I have set out an ambitious vision of how electoral registration could change over the course of this Parliament, building on the successful introduction of Individual Electoral Registration and online registration. The overarching aims are to ensure registers are as complete and accurate as they can be and that the system of electoral registration is as efficient as possible. We welcome the views of the All- Party Parliamentary Group and Bite the Ballot set out in their report which is helping inform our plans for a programme of work aimed at realising this vision.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 08/06/2016 16:11:08 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

521523

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
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, if he will take steps to allow postal voting ballot papers to be counted separately in order to more easily detect fraud.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	38491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The law provides for the checking of the integrity of completed postal ballots prior to them being included in the count. Returning Officers are required to check 100% of postal vote identifiers (signatures and dates of birth) returned with completed postal votes against those supplied by the elector when they applied for a postal vote. Any that do not match will not be counted in order to prevent any attempt at electoral fraud. The law requires that postal ballot papers are mixed with ballot papers from a ballot box before they can be counted as a necessary step in order to help protect the secrecy of the ballot.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 08/06/2016 16:09:38 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight