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223201

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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 his Department has made of the accuracy of the data provided by the Electoral Commission on the 2014 Electoral Registers used for the implementation of Individual Electoral Registration.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	225145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not produced its own analysis.</p><p>The registers used for the implementation of Individual Electoral Registration in 2014 were those published before the transition.</p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission has published its own analysis of the completeness and accuracy of the electoral registers published in February in England, and March 2014 in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 03/03/2015 10:08:01 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

176322

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
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: Fixed Penalties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people have received a fixed penalty notice for failing to register on the electoral register.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	222479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 04/02/2015 14:45:24 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

176396

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
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: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2015, Question 221159, if he will make an assessment of the number of 17 year old attainers who transferred from the household electoral register to individual electoral register.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	222611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>9 out of 10 electors have been automatically transferred to the new registers under Individual Electoral Registration (IER)</p><p> </p><p>No-one registered in the last canvass will lose their right to vote in the General Election. Those electors not automatically transferred to the new register have been carried forward and have until the end of the transition to apply before they are removed.</p><p> </p><p>Any electors not confirmed, including attainers, would have been sent an invitation to register, sent reminders and canvassed in person to encourage them to apply.</p><p> </p><p>Data relating to IER confirmation results for attainers is available on the following website h<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/using-data-matching-to-confirm-electors-in-great-britain" target="_blank">ttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/using-data-matching-to-confirm-electors-in-great-britain</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 04/02/2015 14:44:36 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

174644

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2015 to Question 219123, what proportion of people who initiated an online registration failed to finish that registration; and what information he holds on the main reason for failure to conclude the registration process.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	221348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>Performance data relating to the online registration system is available at <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 27/01/2015 10:17:04 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

174355

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
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: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the Electoral Commission has endorsed the inclusion of 17 year old attainers on the electoral register; and what assessment he has made of the effect of this inclusion on the number of 18 year olds registered to vote.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	221159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The Representation of the People Act 1983 provides for attainers to be included in the electoral register. The Electoral Commission has not been asked to endorse this. The government has made no assessment of the effect this inclusion has on the number of 18 year olds registered to vote.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/01/2015 10:16:24 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

171093

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 216807, what proportion of students who initiated an online registration failed to finish that registration; and what information he holds on the main reason for failure to conclude the registration process.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	219123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>The online registration system does not identify electors as students so the requested information is not avaliable.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 06/01/2015 10:49:42 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

142360

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
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, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2014 to Question 208193, if he will make it his policy to provide guidance on financial and legal resources available to private citizens who take legal action against electoral registration officers who do not conduct door-to-door canvassing of those households that do not return electoral registration forms.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	213810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2014 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission’s recent assessments of Electoral Registration Officers’ (ERO) compliance with its performance standard for door-to-door canvassing show that this is very high and improving year by year.</p><p> </p><p>As it is the duty of the Electoral Commission to monitor the performance of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), the Government has no such plans to produce any guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has made clear that if an ERO fails to meet the statutory requirements Ministers can issue a Direction under section 52 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 that will require them to comply with their statutory obligations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 213819 question first answered 14/11/2014 12:11:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

142362

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
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, for what reasons no legal action has been taken against electoral registration officers who have repeatedly failed to conduct door-to-door canvassing of electors who have not returned an electoral registration form.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	213819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2014 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission’s recent assessments of Electoral Registration Officers’ (ERO) compliance with its performance standard for door-to-door canvassing show that this is very high and improving year by year.</p><p> </p><p>As it is the duty of the Electoral Commission to monitor the performance of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), the Government has no such plans to produce any guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has made clear that if an ERO fails to meet the statutory requirements Ministers can issue a Direction under section 52 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 that will require them to comply with their statutory obligations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 213810 question first answered 14/11/2014 12:10:59 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

101090

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answers of 11 September 2014 to Questions 208200 and 208199, which local authorities have informed his Department that the capability of their computer systems to deal with individual electoral registration poses a threat to the successful implementation of individual electoral registration.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	212008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>All local authorities successfully implemented Individual Electoral Registration on 10 June 2014 in England and Wales and 19 September 2014 in Scotland. Cabinet Office is in discussions on an ongoing basis with all local authorities and their software suppliers to ensure the new system beds in.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 03/11/2014 16:05:54 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

101091

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2014 to Question 208273, what (a) guidance and (b) sanctions (i) his Department and (ii) the Electoral Commission provides for electoral registration officers who refuse to undertake door to door canvassing.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	212010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission sets standards for Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and monitors performance against these criteria. It will publish its assessments of ERO performance during the course of the transition to Individual Electoral Registration (IER).</p><p>All EROs in Great Britain are expected to meet their obligations to carry out door to door canvassing. If an authority is identified as not implementing its plans for carrying out house-to-house enquiries Ministers are fully prepared to issue a direction under section 52 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 to ensure the ERO complies with their statutory obligations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 03/11/2014 15:56:32 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane