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347081

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Young People
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 the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration on the number of registered voters aged 18 to 24.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The introduction of Individual Electoral Registration (IER) has made it easier than ever before for students to register to vote through online registration, with almost 20% of applications coming from the 18-24 age group since IER came into force.</p><p>The Electoral Commission will be publishing a report in June on the electoral registers used for the General Election, providing the most up to date picture about registration levels.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 221 question first answered 03/06/2015 11:56:45 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347083

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Higher Education
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 the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration on the number of registered voters who are enrolled full-time in higher education.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The introduction of Individual Electoral Registration (IER) has made it easier than ever before for students to register to vote through online registration, with almost 20% of applications coming from the 18-24 age group since IER came into force.</p><p>The Electoral Commission will be publishing a report in June on the electoral registers used for the General Election, providing the most up to date picture about registration levels.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 220 question first answered 03/06/2015 11:56:45 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347117

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Constituencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will abolish the future planned limit on the number of Parliamentary constituencies at 600.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies (PVSC) Act 2011 currently provides for the number of constituencies to be reduced from 650 to 600 and the Government remains committed to equalising the size of constituencies in order to make votes of more equal value, regardless of where in the country voters live.</p><p>The Boundary Commissions are currently due to commence work on their next reviews of Parliamentary constituencies in spring 2016 in order to submit final reports by 1 October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is responsible for the regulation and payment of expenses, including office running costs, to Members of the House of Commons.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 264 273 291 question first answered 03/06/2015 12:01:59 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347142

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to to the Written Statement of 9 January 2015, HCWS18, on maximising voter registration, what proportion of each of the funding streams has been spent in (a) England, Wales and Scotland combined, (b) England, (c) London, (d) the London Borough of Islington and (e) Islington South and Finsbury constituency to date.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>A full breakdown of the funding allocations for all EROs is available at the following link: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/news/10-million-boost-for-voter-registration" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/news/10-million-boost-for-voter-registration</a></p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 03/06/2015 11:59:35 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347145

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to to the Written Statement of 9 January 2015, HCWS18, on maximising voter registration, if the Government will provide further funding to electoral registration officers to maximise voter registration once the transition to individual electoral registration is complete.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Over £14million has been invested over the last two financial years to support the completeness and accuracy of the register, including in the run up to the General Election.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is due to publish an analysis of the electoral registers used for these elections in June and the Government will consider further steps in the light of this report.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 107 question first answered 03/06/2015 11:55:12 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347150

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
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 6 May 2014 to Question HL6721, what steps the Government plans to take to maximise voter registration before 1 December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Over £14million has been invested over the last two financial years to support the completeness and accuracy of the register, including in the run up to the General Election.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is due to publish an analysis of the electoral registers used for these elections in June and the Government will consider further steps in the light of this report.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 106 question first answered 03/06/2015 11:55:12 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347161

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Constituencies
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 8th Report of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee of Session 2014-15, What next on the redrawing of parliamentary constituency boundaries?, HC 600.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the report's recommendations and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 03/06/2015 11:53:49 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry