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984757

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date	10/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Students
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 ensure that higher education providers co-operate with electoral registration officers on the facilitation of electoral registration.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	177758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>On Friday 14 September, the Office for Students (OfS) published its guidance to Higher Education providers on the student electoral registration condition.This guidance is the final step in the implementation of the student electoral registration regulatory condition provided for in the Higher Education and Research Act 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The OfS guidance represents the first time that student electoral registration forms part of the Higher Education framework in England. In fulfilling the condition, Higher Education providers across England will be obliged to work with Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to facilitate electoral registration amongst their student populations. The condition also reinforces an existing legal requirement for Higher Education providers to comply with ERO requests for information, necessary for maintaining complete and accurate electoral registers.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 16/10/2018 09:32:23 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

914852

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to work with university, college and further education providers to integrate electoral registration into academic enrolment prior to the commencement of the 2018-19 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	148884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government issued Ministerial Guidance to the Office for Students (OfS) in February 2018, relating to an electoral registration condition for Higher Education providers registering with the OfS. The OfS is currently engaging with stakeholders for the purposes of producing its own guidance to advise Higher Education providers on the steps they might take to demonstrate that they are complying with this condition of registration.</p><p> </p><p>We expect this action to help facilitate student registration, improving both the completeness and accuracy of electoral registers. We intend to evaluate the effect of these arrangements before considering any extension into the schools and Further Education sectors.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/06/2018 14:30:48 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

862153

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Students
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 with the Department for Education to implement the student electoral registration provision of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	132572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office and Department for Education worked together on the public consultation that led to the issuing of Ministerial Guidance to the Office for Students (OfS) on electoral registration. The guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/1019/facilitating-electoral-registration-guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/1019/facilitating-electoral-registration-guidance.pdf</a></p><p>The OfS is now in the process of drafting guidance to HE providers which will be made available later this year.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/03/2018 15:22:09 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

631716

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of integrating academic enrolment at universities with voter registration.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	52233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government supported a successful project at the University of Sheffield to integrate electoral registration with student enrolment. We intend to publish the outcomes of this project in due course. While we do not support mandating universities to implement the system we intend to encourage wider take up, on a voluntary basis, by universities and colleges with the appetite and technical infrastructure to adopt the model. We also intend to gather evidence on the extent to which universities have integrated or plan to integrate electoral registration with student enrolment.</p><p>I have discussed this issue with the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation and we will continue to work together to provide support to improve student electoral registration.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 52025 52026 question first answered 15/11/2016 09:40:12 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

631055

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on measures to (a) encourage and (b) require education institutions to adopt a model of integrated voter registration with academic enrolment.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	52025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government supported a successful project at the University of Sheffield to integrate electoral registration with student enrolment. We intend to publish the outcomes of this project in due course. While we do not support mandating universities to implement the system we intend to encourage wider take up, on a voluntary basis, by universities and colleges with the appetite and technical infrastructure to adopt the model. We also intend to gather evidence on the extent to which universities have integrated or plan to integrate electoral registration with student enrolment.</p><p>I have discussed this issue with the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation and we will continue to work together to provide support to improve student electoral registration.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 52026 52233 question first answered 15/11/2016 09:40:12 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

631056

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which higher education institutions have introduced a model of integrated voter registration with academic enrolment; and in which year those institutions introduced such a model.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	52026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government supported a successful project at the University of Sheffield to integrate electoral registration with student enrolment. We intend to publish the outcomes of this project in due course. While we do not support mandating universities to implement the system we intend to encourage wider take up, on a voluntary basis, by universities and colleges with the appetite and technical infrastructure to adopt the model. We also intend to gather evidence on the extent to which universities have integrated or plan to integrate electoral registration with student enrolment.</p><p>I have discussed this issue with the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation and we will continue to work together to provide support to improve student electoral registration.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 52025 52233 question first answered 15/11/2016 09:40:12 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith