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45358

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date	26/03/2014
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 29 January 2014, Official Report, columns 622-3W, on the Electoral Register: fraud, if the Electoral Commission will make an assessment of (a) the effect of the views of politicians and (b) statements by the Electoral Commission on public perception of electoral registration.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	193832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it does not have any current plans to carry out research to make such an assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45359

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
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 29 November 2013, Official Report, columns 455-6W, on the Electoral Register, for what reasons the electoral commission has no plans to undertake a direct assessment of registration rates in specific university towns and cities.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	193834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it will undertake analysis of the impact of the transition to IER for all local authorities, which will include all university towns and cities, throughout the transition period. This will include publishing data by local authority, and in some cases by electoral ward, at several points during the transition period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45360

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
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 29 January 2014, Official Report, columns 622-3W, on the Electoral Register: fraud, what comparative assessment he has made of the level of concern about electoral fraud in the UK and other EU countries.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	193833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it regularly monitors comparative international research on electoral matters. Comparing the UK with other countries around the world, Gallup polls place the UK in the top third of countries in terms of confidence in the honesty of the electoral process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The most recently available Gallup data from 2007-08, showed that 40% of UK respondents said they did not have confidence in the honesty of elections in the UK. This was slightly lower than the findings from Germany (44%) and Italy (43%), but significantly higher than those from Denmark (5%), Finland (8%) and Sweden (8%).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Full findings are at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/111691/Worldwide-Views-Diverge-About-Honesty-Elections.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.gallup.com/poll/111691/Worldwide-Views-Diverge-About-Honesty-Elections.aspx</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45361

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
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 29 November 2013, Official Report, columns 455-6W, on the Electoral Register, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Electoral Commission's review of public engagement strategies.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	193835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that its Report, titled ‘Readiness for the transition to Individual Electoral Registration' was published on 31 March with a copy placed in the House Library. The Commission's report includes the conclusions of its assessment of all Electoral Registration Officers' (EROs') public engagement strategies, which found that all EROs have the right plans in place to identify the challenges for their particular local area and what mechanisms they will use to engage with residents to maximise registration. The Commission has also written to the honourable member with a copy of its report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane