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454051

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Credit Reference Agencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) guidance his Department issues and (b) regulations are in place on the provision of electoral roll data to credit reference agencies.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	28021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission provides detailed guidance to Electoral Registration Officers on access and supply of the full electoral register, including by credit reference agencies.</p><p>The regulations on the supply of electoral roll data to credit reference agencies are set out in The Representation of the People (England and Wales)(Amendment) Regulations 2002. Under Regulation 114, credit reference agencies registered under Part III of the Consumer Credit Act and carrying on the business of providing credit reference services may only use the full electoral register for specified purposes; namely for checking a person’s identity if they apply for credit, and for the prevention of money laundering fraud. Electoral Registration Officers are entitled to charge credit reference agencies a small fee for copies of the full register, to cover administration costs.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 29/02/2016 14:01:20 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

454052

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Credit Reference Agencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what checks his Department has in place to ensure that credit reference firms do not sell-on electoral roll data.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	28018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>Under the Regulation 115 of the Representation of the People (England and Wales)(Amendment) Regulations 2002, anyone who is supplied with the full register is not permitted to sell a copy to any person, disclose any information contained in it, or use it for anything apart from the specified purpose for which the full register has been supplied. In contravening this provision, a person would be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, which currently stands at £5000.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 01/03/2016 11:09:35 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

454053

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Credit Reference Agencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many complaints his Department has received on the sale of electoral roll data by credit reference firms.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	28019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>Available records show that in the last calendar year the Cabinet Office received one letter of complaint about access to the electoral register by credit reference agencies, and nine letters of complaint about the sale of the edited electoral register.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 01/03/2016 10:38:07 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

454054

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Credit Reference Agencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department issues to credit reference firms on handling data on people who are on the closed electoral register.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	28020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner’s Office provides guidance to both private and public sector organisations to help them understand their obligations under the Data Protection Act. Organisations wishing to process personal data in the UK, including credit reference agencies, must register with the ICO and comply with the DPA’s eight data protection principles. Among other things, these principles require personal data to be processed fairly and lawfully; to be accurate and up-to-date; not to be kept for longer than is necessary; and to be processed in accordance with the rights of the data subjects under the DPA.</p><p> </p><p>The ICO’s website provides public information on credit reference agencies’ use of the electoral register at (<a href="https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/credit/" target="_blank">https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/credit/</a>).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 01/03/2016 10:37:13 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

453055

registered interest
date	19/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Legislation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to respond to the Law Commission's recommendations for change to UK electoral law published on 4 February 2016.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	27583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the recommendations made by the Law Commissions in their interim report of 4 February. This is a wide-ranging report that covers a number of complex issues and it is important that the Government give the report due consideration before a formal response is made.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 24/02/2016 16:12:43 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

451525

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Fraud Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects to receive the report and recommendations of the investigation headed by Sir Eric Pickles on electoral fraud.
tabling member constituency	Tynemouth
tabling member printed	Mr Alan Campbell
uin	26483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>Sir Eric Pickles will make his recommendations as soon as he is able. 66 written submissions are under consideration, as well as evidence provided in meetings with specific people and at a seminar of academics, stakeholder organisations and political parties.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 02/03/2016 14:28:17 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	529 label Biography information for Sir Alan Campbell

451175

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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, whether his Department has established a group or unit to deal with the Government approach to the forthcoming EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	Harwich and North Essex
tabling member printed	Mr Bernard Jenkin
uin	26361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>There is a long established secretariat in the Cabinet Office that deals with all European matters, including the renegotiation. This has been expanded in recent weeks to reflect the increased workload resulting from the renegotiation.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 11/02/2016 16:59:21 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	40 label Biography information for Sir Bernard Jenkin

450972

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Lyon King of Arms Act 1592
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will review the operation of the Lord Lyon King of Arms Act 1592 in respect of the restrictions it places on the granting of arms.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	26017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>Following representations from Ruth Davidson MSP and others, and the strength of feeling concerning the Ayr united and Airdrieonians Football clubs, we have considered the matter and concluded that the judicial functions of the Lord Lyon are devolved to the Scottish Parliament under paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998. Accordingly, any question in relation to the judicial functions of the Lord Lyon is for Holyrood rather than Westminster.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 11/04/2016 10:00:25 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson

449930

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Juries
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 effect of individual electoral registration on jury selection and composition.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	25427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>The rules governing jury selection and composition are unaffected by the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration (IER). Potential jurors’ names are still selected at random from the electoral register.</p><p>IER means that we can prove electors are genuine for the first time and is crucial in ensuring the registers used for jury selection are as accurate as possible.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 05/02/2016 14:27:40 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

449931

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	General Election 2015: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many UK citizens resident overseas registered to vote in the 2015 general election; and how many such citizens voted in that election.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	25553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>105,845 overseas electors were registered to vote in May 2015. The marked register, which records electors who have cast their vote, is not collated centrally. It is therefore not possible to tell how many overseas electors voted at the 2015 General Election.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 05/02/2016 14:25:56 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope