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516173

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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 assessment his Department has made of the potential effectiveness of auto-enrolment onto the electoral roll for all UK citizens eligible to vote.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
uin	35763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 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.</p><p>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 Individual Electoral Registration, namely individual responsibility and ownership over registering to vote.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 09/05/2016 07:05:22 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh

515748

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman: Powers
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 potential merits of (a) increasing the powers of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and (b) merging the office of that Commissioner with the office of the Health Service Commission for England.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
uin	35650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the reform and modernisation of the public service ombudsman sector. In December 2015 we published our response to the consultation on the recommendations made by Robert Gordon’s report on this matter, and we intend to publish draft legislation to create a new Public Service Ombudsman, which will encompass the existing jurisdictions of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman and the Local Government Ombudsman.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 04/05/2016 13:59:50 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh

514715

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
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 assessment his Department has made of the feasibility of introducing a centralised, national electoral register.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
uin	35075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>Electoral registers are compiled and maintained locally by Electoral Registration Officers primarily for the purposes of running Parliamentary and local elections in their area. A centralised, national electoral register would not necessarily help them do this, and would potentially create concerns about how government handles citizens personal data, so we have made no assessment of this kind.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 26/04/2016 12:00:36 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh

480619

registered interest
date	18/03/2016
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 recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of individual voter registration.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
uin	31752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2016 answer text <p>The transition to IER is now complete and has been a great success. Over 14 million applications have been made to register since the introduction of IER, almost three quarters of them online. Ghost entries have been removed, which means the electoral registers are more accurate and less vulnerable to fraud than before. The Electoral Commission is expected to publish its assessment of the completeness and accuracy of the first full electoral registers under IER, published in December 2015, this summer.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 01/04/2016 11:26:28 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh

479500

registered interest
date	17/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Educational Institutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to increase the level of voter registration in schools, colleges and universities.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
uin	31600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government has made it easier and quicker to register to vote than ever before through online registration. Since June 2014, 3.6 million people aged 16-24 have applied to register to vote, with 2.7 million of these applications made online. The Government has also worked with various youth organisations such as NUS and Sixth Form Colleges Association, to encourage voter registration among students.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 11/04/2016 10:01:28 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh

456935

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
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 are being taken to increase voter engagement with the upcoming European referendum.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
uin	29469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to helping ensure that everyone who is eligible to vote in polls is able to do so. The introduction of online registration makes it easier, simpler and faster for people to register to vote. The Government is working with organisations, including Operation Black Vote and Citizens UK, which represent under registered groups to develop solutions to ensure that as many people as possible are able to have their say at the ballot box.</p><p>Voter engagement is also influenced by factors such as whether electors feel the poll offers a clear choice on an issue which matters greatly to them and on the energy and effectiveness of the political campaigns behind each side of the debate. These are not under Government's direct control, but we hope that the decision to hold the referendum in the first place, as promised in our election manifesto, will nonetheless help.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 10/03/2016 14:12:25 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh

456937

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps are being taken to encourage youth engagement in (a) national and (b) local elections.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
uin	29470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to maximising electoral registration to help ensure that everyone who is eligible to vote in polls is able to do so. The introduction of online voter registration has made it easier, simpler and faster to register to vote. Since its launch in June 2014, 3.6 million people aged 16-24 have applied to register to vote, with 2.6 million applications online.</p><p>The Government has worked with youth organisations such NUS and UK Youth to deliver activities to engage people in the democratic process.</p><p>In addition, The Government has previously funded ​the ​British Youth Council to deliver ​Youth Voice activities including the ​UK Youth Parliament and the associated 'Make Your Mark' ballot.</p><p>The ballot led to nearly a million young people, aged 11 to 18, voting in this UK wide ballot; a record turnout. This decided the issues debated at UK Youth Parliament, including mental health, a living wage and tackling religious discrimination.</p><p>The Government has committed​ to support​ the Youth​​ Parliament and associated activities​ for the remainder of the Parliament until 2020.​</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 10/03/2016 14:17:17 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh

416799

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voting Rights: British Nationals Abroad
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 allow British citizens to vote in UK elections after they have been out of the country for 15 years.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
uin	8438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government intends to deliver on the manifesto commitment to scrap the arbitrary 15-year time limit on Britons overseas and will set out its plans in due course.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 10/09/2015 15:03:33 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh