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41401

registered interest
date	05/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of people who were (a) white, (b) white British, (c) Irish, (d) travellers of Irish heritage, (e) Gypsy or Roma, (f) any other white background, (g) white and black Caribbean, (h) black Caribbean, (i) white and black African, (j) white and Asian, (k) any other mixed background, (l) Asian, (m) Pakistani, (n) Bangladeshi, (o) any other Asian background, (p) black, (q) any other black background, (r) Chinese and (s) any other ethnic group were married in each year since 1996.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	190729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 10/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ 190729.pdf title Marriage from Backgrounds - ONS Letter
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

41402

registered interest
date	05/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will commission a new report on High Speed 2 from the Major Projects Authority and publish it in full before the Second Reading of the High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	190786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2014 answer text <p>All projects in the Government's Major Project Portfolio are reviewed at set points in their lifecycle.</p><p>An update on all major projects - including High Speed Two - will be published in the second annual report of the Major Projects Authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 10/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

41403

registered interest
date	05/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in each constituency were on the electoral register in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	190819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 10/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ 190819.pdf title Electoral Register - ONS Letter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

41404

registered interest
date	05/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether figures for the number of UK citizens in any of the last three censuses have been subsequently amended.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	190816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 12/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ190816.pdf title UK Citizens - ONS Letter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

41712

registered interest
date	05/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many staff are currently employed for more than 50 per cent of their working week to support the Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office in his role as Accounting Officer; and what are their job titles.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL5803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on staffing within the Cabinet Office is published regularly in our organograms. The most recent includes information from 30 September. It is available here: http://data.gov.uk/organogram/cabinet-office. </p><p> </p><p>The Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office in his role as Accounting Officer is currently supported by 10 staff working in his own Private Office and the Financial Management Team.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 10/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

41648

registered interest
date	05/03/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
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house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding his Department provided for staff to carry out trade union activities in each of the last three years; and how many days staff spent on those activities in those years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	190698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /><ol start="1" type="1"><li>The Department provides no funding for any trade union related activities. However it does allow time for these activities to be undertaken. </li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2" type="1"><li>The Department did not report on the amount of trade union activities taken by our representatives in the years 2011-12 and 2012-13, as such the figures shown below are estimates based on the allocation of time we allowed for union representatives to use on trade union activities. </li></ol><p> </p><ol start="3" type="1"><li>The Department has undergone a significant amount of change in its facility time arrangements over the last 12 months as it has introduced the Cabinet Office reforms from June 2013, this has resulted in a decrease in the amount of time taken by our people for trade union activities </li></ol><p> </p><ol start="4" type="1"><li>The data relating to 2013-14 covers the period April 2013 to December 2013. </li></ol><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Facility time taken by Union Representatives (days)</p></td><td><p>% of total working days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>17,219</p></td><td><p>0.09%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>15,409</p></td><td><p>0.08%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>3,124</p></td><td><p>0.02%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

41455

registered interest
date	05/03/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2014, Official Report, columns 509-10W, on electoral registration, if his Department will sponsor a national registration week.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	190814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government welcomes initiatives that promote democratic engagement, such as the British Youth Council&rsquo;s Make Your Mark campaign and the recent Parliament Week programme. In February it announced that all 363 local authorities and valuation joint boards in Great Britain, and five national organisations, will share &pound;4.2 million funding to promote voter registration.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to consider further ways to promote voter registration and welcomes discussions with national organisations about such initiatives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 12/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

41619

registered interest
date	05/03/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
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, in which local authorities in England the Commission believes electoral fraud is a significant problem.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	190817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2014 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission informs me that in its January 2014 Electoral Fraud review <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/164609/Electoral-fraud-review-final-report.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/164609/Electoral-fraud-review-final-report.pdf</a>, it identified 16 local authority areas in England where there appears to be a greater risk of cases of electoral fraud being reported. This greater risk is specific to individual wards within those 16 local authority areas. </p><p> <p>The areas that the Commission has identified are:</p><ul><li> Birmingham </li><li> Blackburn with Darwen </li><li> Bradford </li><li> Burnley </li><li> Calderdale </li><li> Coventry </li><li> Derby </li><li> Hyndburn </li><li> Kirklees </li><li> Oldham </li><li> Pendle </li><li> Peterborough </li><li> Slough </li><li> Tower Hamlets </li><li> Walsall </li><li> Woking </li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 12/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

41620

registered interest
date	05/03/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
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, for what reasons the Commission's estimate of unregistered voters was four million in 2010 and six million in December 2011.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	190818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it provided estimates for the completeness of the December 2010 and April 2011 registers in Great Britain in its ‘Great Britain's electoral registers 2011' report. The report indicated that at least 6 million people were not registered at their current address in December 2010 and this figure had risen to 8.5 million by April 2011.</p><p> </p><p>This change to the accuracy and completeness of the electoral register within such a time period is not unexpected. In any given year there will be a variety of reasons why such a change would occur, the most significant of which will usually be the impact of home movement after the annual canvass, which was the case in this instance.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission's report explaining the background to its research can be found here: <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/145366/Great-Britains-electoral-registers-2011.pdf%20" target="_blank"><strong>http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/145366/Great-Britains-electoral-registers-2011.pdf</strong></a></p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

41621

registered interest
date	05/03/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
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, what account the Electoral Commission took of the contribution of the requirement to provide photo identification to vote in the US in developing policy on the introduction of photo identification for voting in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	190824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2014 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission informs me that following its January 2014 recommendation that voters in Great Britain should be required to produce identification at polling stations for elections from 2019 at the latest onwards, it is now undertaking further detailed work to develop a proportionate and accessible scheme for verifying the identity of electors. This will take into account evidence from other comparable democracies which have introduced similar requirements, including the United States of America.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission will publish detailed proposals for a proof of identity scheme by the end of 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 12/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane