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92862

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Voting Rights: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to extend the franchise to 16 and 17 year olds for the next UK General Election.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Iain McKenzie
uin	210077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>There is no consensus across Government on this issue and there are no plans to legislate to extend the franchise to 16 and 17 year olds before the next UK General Election.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/10/2014 13:55:49 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4246 label Biography information for Iain McKenzie

93066

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Local Enterprise Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the Leeds Local Enterprise Partnership on devolving powers and responsibilities from Whitehall.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	905411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>I have been in regular dialogue with the Leeds City Region LEP to discuss their plans for growth. I was pleased to inform this House in July that we have now concluded a Growth Deal with the LEP, which provided the area with a £573 million Government investment. Roger Marsh, the chair of the LEP, described the Deal as a “game-changing moment” for the area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 14/10/2014 14:13:28 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

93067

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the rollout of online individual electoral registration; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	905410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>Voter registration is now easier and more convenient than ever before with the launch of online registration. Applying to register to vote now takes as little as 3 minutes and has been a huge success so far – over 90% of users that have provided feedback on the Register to Vote website have said they were ‘satisfied’ or ‘very satisfied’ with the service.</p><p>To date, over 2 million applications have been made under IER with the majority of these made online.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/10/2014 14:11:24 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

93068

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Voting Behaviour: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps the Government plans to take to get more young people registered to vote.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Julie Hilling
uin	905407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to maximising electoral registration to help support the highest possible turnout in elections. This includes young people, who we know care deeply about many issues but don’t always express their views at the ballot box.</p><p> </p><p>The introduction of online registration – which is now live in England, Wales and Scotland – brings voter registration into the 21st century and makes it easier, simpler and faster for people to register to vote.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/10/2014 14:02:20 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3925 label Biography information for Julie Hilling

93069

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Local Enterprise Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership on devolving powers and responsibilities from Whitehall.
tabling member constituency	Gosport
tabling member printed	Caroline Dinenage
uin	905405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>In November last year the Government agreed the Southampton and Portsmouth City Deal with the Local Enterprise Partnership. The deal included a range of infrastructure, skills, business support and labour market schemes.</p><p>Building on this I was delighted to announce a significant Growth Deal worth almost £125 million for the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership in July this year. This includes a substantial commitment for transport improvements in the Fareham and Gosport Peninsula which will cut journey times from Gosport to Portsmouth; investment in local colleges; the establishment of a Land and Property Board that will secure the release of public land; and additional investment in business support services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 14/10/2014 13:52:49 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage

93070

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he has received a report from electoral registration officers in Scotland on removal of people from the electoral register on the grounds that they are additionally registered elsewhere; what guidance he issues to electoral registration officers on how to use their discretion when registering residents; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	905412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>I have had no reports on the removal of people from the electoral register in Scotland on the grounds that they were additionally registered elsewhere.</p><p> </p><p>People are free to register in more than one place if it appears to the relevant Registration Officers that they are resident in that area.</p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission has produced guidance on this issue to assist Registration Officers in effectively carrying out their duties.</p><p> </p><p>However, it is ultimately a matter for the local Registration Officer to determine whether an individual is resident at a particular address, taking into account relevant circumstances of the particular case.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/10/2014 14:15:14 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

93071

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Rural Areas: Northumberland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what support his Department provides for rural Northumberland.
tabling member constituency	Hexham
tabling member printed	Guy Opperman
uin	905409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The North East LEP Growth Deal provided £6m towards a £23m Rural Growth Network project which will improve infrastructure in key rural market towns helping to grow innovative, community-led networks of rural enterprise hubs to support rural business growth.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 14/10/2014 14:04:23 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman

91351

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Innovation Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, from which organisation complaints have been received about the allocation of funding from the Innovation Fund.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	208876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>No formal complaints were received about the allocation of funding from the Innovation Fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/09/2014 15:40:37 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

91353

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place a report in the Library every week of what proportion of the Spring 2014 electorate have been successfully datamatched for the transition to the Individual Electoral Register using (a) the DWP CIS database and (b) additional datamatching employed by local authorities in each local authority.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	208872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2014 answer text <p>The results of the nationwide test of datamatching between government records and electoral registers is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-confirming-electors-through-data-matching" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-confirming-electors-through-data-matching</a></p><p>An evaluation report on the datamatching taking place this summer is due to be published in late autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/09/2014 10:33:38 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

91354

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place a report in the Library every week of the number of voter registration requests made via the new online registration service in each local authority.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	208873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2014 answer text <p>Data concerning the volumes of online and paper applications received, which can be interrogated by date, is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/performance/register-to-vote" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/performance/register-to-vote</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/09/2014 10:30:15 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg