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349549

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
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, what steps he is taking to increase electoral registration.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Harry Harpham
uin	1887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Over £14 million 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 question first answered 16/06/2015 15:09:16 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4477 label Biography information for Harry Harpham

349837

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
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, how many postal votes were rejected nationally at the 2015 General Election; and what steps he is taking to ensure that people whose postal vote was rejected on that occasion will not encounter the same problem in the future.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	1996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not collate such information centrally.</p><p>In the previous Parliament, the Government legislated to require Electoral Registration Officers to write out to postal voters whose ballot papers were not included in the count because details on their postal voting statement could not be verified. These notifications give an explanation for the rejection and should be sent in the three months immediately following the poll.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 16/06/2015 15:11:55 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

348938

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2015 to Question 262, how his Department's estimate that reducing the number of Parliamentary constituencies from 650 to 600 would result in savings to the public purse of £13.6 million a year has been calculated.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	1444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Information on the projected savings can be found at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA12-017.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA12-017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 16/06/2015 15:01:30 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

348972

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	House of Lords: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on bringing forward legislation on House of Lords reform during the course of the current Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	1395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government believes that there remains a strong case for introducing an elected element into the second chamber, but does not see this as a priority for this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 16/06/2015 15:05:43 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

348517

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2015 to Question 263, whether it remains his policy to reduce the number of parliamentary constituencies from 650 to 600.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	1274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies (PVSC) Act 2011 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. The Government will outline its plans for constituency boundaries when it responds to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee’s report, <em>What next on the redrawing of parliamentary constituency boundaries?</em>, in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Boundary Commissions are due to commence work on their next reviews of Parliamentary constituencies in spring 2016 in order to submit final reports by 1 October 2018. If approved, the new constituencies would take effect at the next General Election.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 1252 question first answered 09/06/2015 15:33:07 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

348518

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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 he plans to enact the reduction in the number of seats in this House from 650 to 600.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	1252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies (PVSC) Act 2011 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. The Government will outline its plans for constituency boundaries when it responds to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee’s report, <em>What next on the redrawing of parliamentary constituency boundaries?</em>, in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Boundary Commissions are due to commence work on their next reviews of Parliamentary constituencies in spring 2016 in order to submit final reports by 1 October 2018. If approved, the new constituencies would take effect at the next General Election.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 1274 question first answered 09/06/2015 15:33:07 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

348519

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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, what estimate he has made of changes to the number of people on the electoral register since the introduction of individual electoral registration; and what changes there have been to the age and demographic profiles of electors in that period.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	1250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The introduction of Individual Electoral Registration has made it easier than ever before for electors to register to vote through online registration.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission will be publishing a report this month 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 question first answered 09/06/2015 15:30:41 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

348593

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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 his policy is on extension of the franchise in future general elections to EU nationals based in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	1105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2015 answer text <p>Citizens of the EU who are resident in the UK can already vote in European Parliamentary and local elections, if they do not wish to vote in their home state. Equally, British citizens living in other member states can choose to vote in their European Parliamentary elections.</p><p> </p><p>No such arrangements exist for parliamentary elections in the UK or in other member states. The government has no plans to change these arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 12/06/2015 10:59:10 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

348324

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people registered to vote or attempted to register to vote online after 20 April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Since 20 April 2015 over 250,000 people have applied to register to vote online at gov.uk/register-to-vote</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information about the number of people who have applied to register to vote is available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/performance/register-to-vote" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/performance/register-to-vote</a></p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 09/06/2015 15:28:53 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

348107

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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, what his policy is on the abolition of the annual canvass undertaken by Electoral Registration Officers, as provided for in the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 c. 6 Part 1, Section 7(2)(b), during the course of the current Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Following the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration (IER) in Great Britain in 2014, the annual canvass of households has been retained. There are no current plans to exercise an order under Part 1, Section 7(2)(b) of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 09/06/2015 15:27:23 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry