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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

442247

registered interest
date	04/01/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Royal Family
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who in the Government takes decisions on what information is shared with which members of the Royal Family.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	20863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>The decision to share Government information lies with individual Ministers and their departments as stated in Chapter 11 of the Cabinet Manual. Government information is managed in accordance with the Lord Chancellor's Code of Practice on the Management of Records issued under section 46 of the Freedom of information Act 2000.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 12/01/2016 16:03:09 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

436287

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans his Department has to respond to the Electoral Commission's report, Electoral Fraud in the UK, published in January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	19056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government is currently conducting its own review of electoral fraud, led by Sir Eric Pickles MP, which is considering arguments for and against different measures to improve electoral integrity, including those suggested by the Electoral Commission. Recommendations emerging from the review will be put to the Prime Minister in due course.</p><br /> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 14/12/2015 17:47:00 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

425603

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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 Composition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is the Government's policy to increase the membership of the House of Lords by over 100 members during the course of this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	14479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not have a policy of the kind described in this question. Our policy on the House of Lords is described in the Conservative Party election manifesto 2015.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 09/11/2015 16:46:19 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose previous answer version 28335 answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

424853

registered interest
date	29/10/2015
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, with reference to the Written Statement of 16 July 2015 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Cabinet Office, HCWS 127, on individual electoral registration, how much of the funding referred to in that statement has been allocated to each electoral registration office in England.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	14037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>In total 103 Local Authorities in England are receiving additional funding to help target their remaining carry forward entries. Almost £570,000 of funding was allocated directly to 53 English authorities where carry forward entries accounted for over 5%, as a proportion of their registers, in May 2015. 59 Local Authorities in England, including 9 which had already received a direct allocation, successfully submitted bids for additional funding, sharing just over £450,000.</p><p>The attached table sets out all 103 English authoritieswhich are receiving additional funding directly and those whhich submitted successful bids along with the total amount they are receiving.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 03/11/2015 17:15:56 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose attachment 1 file name CO-DC00-PRN01_Emman Chowdhury_4208_001.pdf title Attachment for Member
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

424989

registered interest
date	29/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Committees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the daily rate or fee will be for members of the proposed review committee on securing the decisive role of the House of Commons on financial matters and secondary legislation.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	14022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government has asked Lord Strathclyde to lead a review to examine how to secure the decisive role of the elected House of Commons in relation to (i) its primacy on financial matters; and (ii) secondary legislation. Lord Strathclyde will be supported by a panel of experts and further details will be announced in due course.</p><br /> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 03/11/2015 17:08:16 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

424657

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Committees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans the Government has to pay a daily rate or fee to members of the review committee he has proposed on securing the decisive role of the Commons on financial matters and secondary legislation; and what rate he plans to set for that work.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	13919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government has asked Lord Strathclyde to lead a review to examine how to secure the decisive role of the elected House of Commons in relation to (i) its primacy on financial matters; and (ii) secondary legislation. Lord Strathclyde will be supported by a panel of experts and further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 02/11/2015 17:28:33 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

422848

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014
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 effects of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 on the activities of trades unions during the 2015 general election period.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin John Docherty
uin	12773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>Section 39 of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 provides for a post-election review of the operation of the regulatory regime governing third parties at the 2015 General Election.</p><p>Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts CBE is currently conducting this independent review.</p><p>Ministers must lay a copy of his report before Parliament and publish it by November 2016.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 12774 question first answered 28/10/2015 15:12:29 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes