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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2013-05-08more like thismore than 2013-05-08
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Deputy Prime Minister more like this
answering dept id 58 remove filter
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the outcome of his Department's matching of the electoral register with Department for Work and Pensions data in communities with (a) seaside towns and (b) towns with high student populations; and what effect this work will have on the size of electorates in these constituencies. more like this
tabling member constituency Vale of Clwyd more like this
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Chris Ruane more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-02-25more like thismore than 2014-02-25
answer text <p>As part of the transition to Individual Electoral Registration (IER), entries on the electoral register will be matched against data held by Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for the purposes of confirming existing electors, a process which will simplify the transition for the majority of existing electors. Last year the Cabinet Office undertook pilots to test this process and we published our evaluation of these pilots earlier this year which is available to download from:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/simplifying-the-transition-to-individual-electoral-registration</p><p> </p><p>The evaluation report includes an analysis of match rates by population groups and while no specific analysis was undertaken of seaside towns, the results did suggest that match rates were lower in areas with high student populations. However, anyone who cannot be confirmed will still be invited to register individually and will retain their ability to vote in the 2015 general election. By using confirmation to simplify the process for the majority of electors it means resources can be focused on maximising registration among those people who cannot be confirmed, including individuals who are not currently registered. We are also currently running a separate set of pilots exploring whether data matching against DWP and other trusted national data sets can be used to find potential electors who are not currently registered but may be eligible to do so, in order to invite them to register. The results of the pilots, which are specifically targeted at boosting registrations among students, attainers and home-movers, will be published in the summer.</p>
answering member constituency Norwich North more like this
answering member printed Chloe Smith more like this
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remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2014-02-25T12:00:00.00Z
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label Biography information for Chloe Smith more like this
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label Biography information for Chris Ruane more like this