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registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will work with local authorities to ensure that none of the voter ID pilots taking place in May 2018 accept only a passport or driving license as valid identification.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	117137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The voter ID pilot schemes are part of a comprehensive programme of reform that will enhance public confidence in our elections, and strengthen electoral integrity.</p><p> </p><p>It has always been Cabinet Office’s view that voter ID pilots will not disenfranchise any legitimate voter and that piloting voter ID with local authorities is the best way to ensure successful implementation nationally. Local authorities best understand the needs of their electors and each pilot has reflected its preference for the form and combination of ID. No-one will need to purchase identification documents to be able to vote in the pilots scheduled for May 2018 and the valid identification will not be limited to a passport or driving licence. The pilot local authorities and the Electoral Commission continue to work closely with the Cabinet Office to ensure that this is possible and that every eligible voice can be heard.</p><p> </p><p>We want to ensure the system is safe and secure. It is not acceptable that anyone should be disenfranchised from the process.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/12/2017 10:32:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

798670

registered interest
date	01/12/2017
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 the number of eligible people not on the electoral register in (a) England and (b) Bolton West constituency since 2010?
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	117064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>Information regarding the total number of unregistered people of voting age is not held by the Government. Only totals for the number of registered electors are held, and these can be accessed through the Office For National Statistics website. It should be noted, however, that registration levels have increased at every General Election since 2005, and the register used for the 2017 General Election was the largest in our history, standing at 46.9 million entries. This is undoubtedly due, in large part, to the introduction of the Government’s Register to Vote website, which has delivered great benefits to electors, making registering to vote simpler and more accessible than ever before. It is the Government’s intention to build on this success by publishing a Democratic Engagement Plan in December, which will have the ambition of making the General Election in 2022 the most inclusive to date.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 06/12/2017 15:17:56 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

798678

registered interest
date	01/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
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 28 November 2017 to Question 112666, on Local Government: Elections, whether Bolton Council expressed an interest to his Department about participating in the Voter ID pilots for the May 2018 local elections; and if he will place details of conversations and copies of correspondence his Department had with Bolton Council regarding that pilot in the library.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	117072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>We are currently considering a request, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, for related information.</p><p> </p><p>On the one hand, the Government needs to take account of the public interest of making its decisions as transparently as possible. But on the other hand, we must also ensure policy decisions are informed by a free and frank exchange of views about all available options, and a clear understanding of their implications.</p><p> </p><p>I will ask officials to write to the Hon member when a decision has been made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 117073 question first answered 11/12/2017 16:36:17 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

798679

registered interest
date	01/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the reasons for Bolton Council declining to participate in the voter ID pilot for the May 2018 local elections.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	117073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>We are currently considering a request, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, for related information.</p><p> </p><p>On the one hand, the Government needs to take account of the public interest of making its decisions as transparently as possible. But on the other hand, we must also ensure policy decisions are informed by a free and frank exchange of views about all available options, and a clear understanding of their implications.</p><p> </p><p>I will ask officials to write to the Hon member when a decision has been made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 117072 question first answered 11/12/2017 16:36:17 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

788392

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which local authorities expressed interest in conducting a voter ID pilot in polling stations for the May 2018 local elections but subsequently decided not to proceed with that pilot.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	112666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The opportunity to pilot voter ID in May 2018 was offered to all local authorities in Great Britain and Woking, Gosport, Bromley, Swindon and Watford have committed to do so. In addition, Tower Hamlets will be piloting measures to improve the integrity of the postal vote process. In September 2017 we announced that Slough would also be piloting voter ID however it subsequently voted to withdraw from the pilot.</p><p>While working with those that expressed interest over the following months the Cabinet Office and the local authorities themselves agreed on the extent of their participation, including their continuation to a live pilot or as a supportive reference authority. Participation is voluntary and a matter for each local authority</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 28/11/2017 16:37:55 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green