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514353

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Minister for Constitutional Reform plans to respond to the hon. Member for Ashfield's correspondence of 24 February 2016 on voter registration.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	34935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my letter to her dated 9 March 2016.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 25/04/2016 10:34:47 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

479508

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	Peers: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made an assessment of the average cost of a working peer which includes expenses, salary, necessary equipment and office space.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	31628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The department has made no such assessment. The costs to which the hon. member refers are a matter for the House of Lords.</p><p>Details of the House of Lords business plans, annual reports and accounts, and financial support for members can be found on the <a href="http://parliament.uk/" target="_blank">parliament.uk</a> website.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 22/03/2016 13:47:36 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

475582

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Costs
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 25 January 2016 to Question 23088, on electoral register: costs, what the £23 million not shared between all EROs in Great Britain was spent on.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	31265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The remaining £23 million was for developing and maintaining the online registration service, electoral management software costs, payments to civil society organisations to help boost voter registration levels and staffing and related costs.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 11/04/2016 09:58:45 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

475584

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
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 steps he has taken to investigate the reasons for changes in the level of electoral registration in each local authority.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	31217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission is expected to publish its assessment of the completeness and accuracy of the first full electoral registers under IER this summer. We expect this will provide a breakdown for England, Scotland and Wales but not for each local authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 21/03/2016 15:36:29 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

475585

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
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 information his Department has collected from electoral registration officers on the number of names removed from electoral registers in each local authority for each permissible reason in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	31239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission recently published its report on the state of the December 2015 electoral registers. It is available here: <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/197516/IER-Assessment-December-2015-registers.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/197516/IER-Assessment-December-2015-registers.pdf</a></p><p>The report uses the best data available and outlines the changes to the register, including deletions, between December 2014 and December 2015 and the reasons for those changes. The report also explains that the data collection was a joint exercise between the Electoral Commission, the Cabinet Office, Electoral Registration Officers and electoral management software suppliers.</p><p>Previous reports for additional years, when the Cabinet Office was not involved in data collection, can be accessed here: <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/performance-standards/performance-in-running-electoral-registration" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/performance-standards/performance-in-running-electoral-registration</a>.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 21/03/2016 15:36:15 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

445853

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
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 proportion of people removed from the electoral register since December 2015 are (a) men and (b) women.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	23086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>The electoral registers used for the 2015 General Election contained over 400,000 more entries than the last registers published prior to the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration (IER). As such, suggestions that IER would lead to a decline in registration levels were simply incorrect.</p><p>While data is not available on the number of non-IER registered electors who voted at the 2015 General Election, the Electoral Commission found 96% of the entries on the electoral register in May 2015 were already registered under IER.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is planning to publish a report in February/March 2016 on the state of the December 2015 registers. This is expected to include data on the number of register entries and on the number of remaining non-IER registered entries removed in December.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 23087 question first answered 26/01/2016 12:24:09 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose previous answer version 40684 answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

445854

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
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, how many people who voted in the 2015 General Election are not on the latest electoral register.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	23087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>The electoral registers used for the 2015 General Election contained over 400,000 more entries than the last registers published prior to the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration (IER). As such, suggestions that IER would lead to a decline in registration levels were simply incorrect.</p><p>While data is not available on the number of non-IER registered electors who voted at the 2015 General Election, the Electoral Commission found 96% of the entries on the electoral register in May 2015 were already registered under IER.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is planning to publish a report in February/March 2016 on the state of the December 2015 registers. This is expected to include data on the number of register entries and on the number of remaining non-IER registered entries removed in December.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 23086 question first answered 26/01/2016 12:24:10 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose previous answer version 40687 answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

445855

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost is of the transfer to Individual Electoral Registration; and what proportion of such costs have been borne by local government.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	23088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>In financial years 2013/14 and 2014/15 the Government has spent £72 million in the transition to Individual Electoral Registration (IER).</p><p>Of this, over £49 million was shared between all EROs in Great Britain, ensuring the transition to IER was fully funded. This included over £10 million that was allocated to local authorities specifically to boost levels of voter registration.</p><br /> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 25/01/2016 16:53:14 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose previous answer version 40688 answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

421903

registered interest
date	16/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Finance
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 13 October 2015 to Question 10532, when he plans for the further 57 local authorities referred to in that Answer to find out about funding for the transition to individual electoral registration.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	12222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>In total, 116 local authorities are receiving additional funding to help target their remaining carry forward entries. They have all now been informed. Almost £700k was allocated to 60 authorities where carry forwards made up over 5% of their register in May. Furthermore, 70 local authorities successfully submitted bids for additional funding and will share £500,000. Of the 70, 14 authorities that are receiving direct funding successfully bid for more. In addition to the 70 successful bids, 2 further bids were received but were later withdrawn by both authorities.</p><p>The table sets out all 116 authorities who are receiving additional funding directly and those who submitted a successful bid along with the total amount they are receiving.</p><br /> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 12223 12224 question first answered 21/10/2015 15:29:44 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose attachment 1 file name Table - PQ1222-PQ1223-PQ1224.doc title Table for Member - local authority list
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

421904

registered interest
date	16/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Finance
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 13 October 2015 to Question 10532, how many local authorities have applied for funding from his Department for the transition to individual electoral registration.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	12223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>In total, 116 local authorities are receiving additional funding to help target their remaining carry forward entries. They have all now been informed. Almost £700k was allocated to 60 authorities where carry forwards made up over 5% of their register in May. Furthermore, 70 local authorities successfully submitted bids for additional funding and will share £500,000. Of the 70, 14 authorities that are receiving direct funding successfully bid for more. In addition to the 70 successful bids, 2 further bids were received but were later withdrawn by both authorities.</p><p>The table sets out all 116 authorities who are receiving additional funding directly and those who submitted a successful bid along with the total amount they are receiving.</p><br /> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 12222 12224 question first answered 21/10/2015 15:29:44 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose attachment 1 file name Table - PQ1222-PQ1223-PQ1224.doc title Table for Member - local authority list
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero