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48033

registered interest
date	09/04/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2014, Official Report, column 193W, on electoral register, if the Electoral Commission will introduce public awards for electoral registration officers who have set best practice in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	196133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it will consider the idea of awards as part of work it is already undertaking with the UK Electoral Advisory Board and the wider electoral community ahead of the 2015 UK Parliamentary general election to explore options for identifying, recognising and sharing what works well in electoral administration.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission also informs me that it already provides comprehensive guidance, tools and templates for Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) which have been developed in consultation with the electoral community and which contain examples of tactics and activities that can be employed by EROs locally. Additionally, in monitoring preparations for the transition to Individual Electoral Registration, the Commission has already worked to facilitate sharing of knowledge and experiences between EROs facing similar challenges, and intends to build on this throughout the transition, supporting timely identification and sharing of what works and what doesn't.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

48034

registered interest
date	09/04/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2014, Official Report, column 193W, on electoral register, for what reasons the Electoral Commission had previously organised voter registration drives for overseas voters but had not organised such drives for UK citizens who reside in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	196134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it regularly carries out public awareness campaigns – or registration drives – in the UK. Its guidance to Electoral Registration Officers also highlights ways in which local public engagement plans can increase registration in the UK through targeted local activities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Overseas Registration Day was a new initiative this year as part of its expatriate registration campaign. Bite the Ballot also established a similar initiative in the UK this year that the Commission supported.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Given this, the Commission would not look to establish its own separate voter registration day in the UK, as this may be confusing for voters. It is, however, actively working with Bite the Ballot to see what further support it can provide them for National Voter Registration Day next year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

48035

registered interest
date	09/04/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2014, Official Report, column 193W, on electoral register, if he will place a copy of the responses from electoral registration officers on whether or not they carried out a personal canvass of all non-responders in the Library and on the internet.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	196135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it has published data provided by Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) relating to their annual canvass activity, including data relating to house-to-house enquiries, for each year from 2008 to 2012 on its website at <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/performance-standards/performance-in-running-electoral-registration" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/performance-standards/performance-in-running-electoral-registration</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As set out in its report ‘Readiness for the transition to Individual Electoral Registration', which was published in March 2014, the Commission is currently completing a detailed analysis of the data provided by EROs relating to the 2013 canvass and will publish this information on the internet and place a copy in the House of Commons Library once it has been completed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

48036

registered interest
date	09/04/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2014, Official Report, column 193W, on electoral register, for what reasons the Electoral Commission does not collect data on the number of attainers registered as part of its monitoring of electoral registration officers.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	196136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it reviews the data on registered attainers collected by the Office for National Statistics and, separately, carries out assessments of the accuracy and completeness of the registers periodically.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission also informs me that its current performance standards framework is designed to support Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) in preparing for and delivering the transition to Individual Electoral Registration. The standards seek to ensure that EROs have appropriate plans in place to address the particular challenges in their registration area in order to maximise registration, and that they monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of their activities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission will continue to keep its performance standards framework under review and will consider whether specific information on the number of attainers registered should be included as part of the data it requests from EROs in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

48037

registered interest
date	09/04/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the voter registration rate was for 18 year olds in each of the last 30 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	196131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it does not hold figures on the registration rates for 18 year olds in each of the last 30 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, it does hold estimates of registration rates for age groups from several studies conducted on the accuracy and completeness of the electoral registers in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Register</p></td><td><p>Age band</p></td><td><p>Registration rate</p></td><td><p>Study conducted by</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>April 2011</p><p>(Great Britain)</p><p> </p></td><td><p>17-18</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Electoral Commission (EC)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19-24</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2001</p><p>(England and Wales)</p><p> </p></td><td><p>18-24</p></td><td><p>84%</p></td><td><p>EC and Office for National Statistics</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 1991</p><p>(Great Britain)</p><p> </p></td><td><p>18-19</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Office of Population Census and Surveys – Social Survey Division</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 1981</p><p>(Great Britain)</p><p> </p></td><td><p>18-19</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

46951

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, which parliamentary constituencies in Scotland are part of local authority areas whose electoral registration officers did not reach the required performance indicators on Standard 3 in respect of electors who failed to register to vote.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
uin	195258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that no EROs in Scotland reported not meeting standard 3 at the recent 2013 canvass. The Commission is in the process of conducting a detailed analysis of EROs' electoral registration data from the 2013 canvass, following which it will publish its final assessment of EROs' performance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

46364

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, which local authorities have failed performance standard 3 on house-to-house enquiries; how many times they have failed; and how many times a Cabinet Office regional delivery manager has intervened.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	194793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that in 2013 five Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) reported that they did not meet performance standard 3: Mid Devon; Taunton Deane; Torridge; West Devon; and West Somerset. The table below shows the number of times these EROs have not met this standard.</p><p> </p><p>Table: Number of times those EROS not meeting standard 3 in 2013 have not met this standard.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p>ERO</p></td><td><p>Number of times not met</p></td><td><p>Years in which not met</p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Mid Devon</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2010, 2011, 2012, 2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taunton Deane</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2011, 2012, 2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torridge</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2012, 2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Devon</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2009, 2010, 2011, 2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Somerset</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2009, 2011, 2012, 2013</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission is in the process of conducting a detailed analysis of EROs' electoral registration data from the 2013 canvass, following which it will publish its final assessment of EROs' performance in 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office has established a network of Regional Delivery Managers to monitor EROs' readiness for the transition to individual electoral registration in 2014. However, the Commission does not have specific details of the activities undertaken by these all of these officials.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

46365

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many and what proportion of households which had a door step contact under performance standard 3 were called on (a) once, (b) twice and (c) three times in each local authority in the UK which passed that performance standard in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	194794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it does not collect information about the number of visits that Electoral Registration Officers' staff make to individual households as part of their activities to maintain the electoral registers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45958

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2013, Official Report, columns 611-2W, on electoral registration officers, when the Electoral Commission will make available its final assessment of performance for 2013; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	194423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it published its report, titled ‘Readiness for the transition to Individual Electoral Registration', which included its assessment of ERO performance in 2013, on 31 March, and tabled a written statement informing the House of this. It also wrote to the honourable member with a copy of the report and placed a copy in the House of Commons library. A copy of the Commission's statement can be found on the Parliament website: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-vote-office/March_2014/31st-March-2014/14.Speakers-Performance-Standards.pdf" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-vote-office/March_2014/31st-March-2014/14.Speakers-Performance-Standards.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission informs me that it is in the process of carrying out a detailed analysis of EROs' electoral registration data from the 2013 canvass, following which it will publish its final assessment of EROs' performance in 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45959

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2013, Official Report, columns 611-2W, on electoral registration officers, which local authorities failed to meet performance standard 1 on using local government databases, in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	194403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) who did not meet performance standard 1 in each year from 2008 to 2010 are shown in the table below. No EROs have been assessed as not meeting this standard in 2011, 2012 and 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table: EROs not meeting Performance Standard 1</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>Barnsley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berwick-upon-Tweed</p></td><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>Nottingham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaby</p></td><td><p>Sefton</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn with Darwen</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Brentwood</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Chester-le-street*</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham*</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Harborough</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipswich</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Derbyshire</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lanarkshire**</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>South Lanarkshire**</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Three Rivers</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Windsor and Maidenhead</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Weymouth and Portland</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Chester-le Street and Durham are now part of County Durham unitary authority.</p><p> </p><p>**North and South Lanarkshire are covered by one ERO</p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission also informs me that it published its report, titled ‘Readiness for the transition to Individual Electoral Registration', which included its assessment of ERO performance in 2013, on 31 March, and wrote to the honourable member with a copy of the report. The report explains that all EROs reported that they were meeting or exceeding standard 1 in 2013, and that the Commission is in the process of conducting a detailed analysis of EROs' electoral registration data from the 2013 canvass, following which it will publish its final assessment of EROs' performance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane