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41908

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date	06/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
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legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of workers made unemployed, or displaced, as a result of immigration from countries outside the EU in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Mr George Galloway
uin	191003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to &quot;research <br>the labour market, social and public service impacts of non-EEA migration; and <br>to advise on the use of such evidence in cost-benefit analyses of migration <br>policy decisions&quot;. The MAC's report published in 2012 called ‘Analysis of the <br>Impact of Migration' <br>(https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/25723<br>5/analysis-of-the-impacts.pdf), suggested that &quot;between 1995 and 2010 an <br>additional 100 non-EU migrants were associated with a reduction in employment <br>of 23 native workers&quot;.<br><br>Recently, the Government published a report on the ‘Impacts of migration on UK <br>native employment: An analytical review of the evidence' <br>(https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/28708<br>6/occ109.pdf). This report is a comprehensive review of the evidence around <br>the displacement effect of migrants on UK native employment and builds on the <br>MAC 2012 report.<br><br>In addition, a report on the ‘Employment and Occupational skill levels among UK <br>and foreign nationals' <br>(https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/28250<br>3/occ108.pdf) finds that over most of the last decade, employment levels in the <br>UK rose faster among foreign nationals than among UK nationals. However, this <br>pattern has reversed, and over the last year around 90 per cent of employment <br>growth was accounted for by UK nationals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	609 label Biography information for George Galloway

41948

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date	06/03/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
answering dept id	36
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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 6 March 2014, Official Report, column 892W, on electoral register, if the Electoral Commission will set more rigorous targets for expected registration downloads in future registration campaigns.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	191082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it always seeks to set stretching targets for its registration campaigns based on exceeding targets set for the nearest equivalent previous campaign.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission will be undertaking a thorough review of how best to increase voter registration ahead of the 2015 UK General Election. This will look at lessons from previous campaigns as well as exploring new and potentially more cost efficient ways of generating public awareness about voter registration, including how best to support the work of other organisations. Rigorous targets will be set to reflect the objectives of the campaign and the fact that it will be possible to register online for the first time in Great Britain.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

41949

registered interest
date	06/03/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
answering dept id	36
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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 26 February 2014, Official Report, columns 338-9W, on Parliamentary Advisory Group, on what date each member of the Parliamentary Advisory Group was appointed; and what the attendance record of each member has been at meetings of that Group since their appointment.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	191075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that its Parliamentary Advisory Group is made up of politicians whose expertise it uses to help it consider a range of different issues. The group has no formal status so there is no specific date of appointment for members. The minutes of each Advisory Group meeting, which includes a record of the attendance at each meeting, are published on the Commission's website here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/our-work/who-we-are/governance-and-decision-making/parliamentary-advisory-group" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/our-work/who-we-are/governance-and-decision-making/parliamentary-advisory-group</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

41950

registered interest
date	06/03/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
answering dept id	36
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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 Answers of 3 February 2014, Official Report, columns 59-62W and 6 March 2014, Official Report, column 892W, on the electoral register, what the average planned cost for each download target for each voter registration campaign was for each of the last five elections.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	191081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it did not set specific targets for the cost per download of each registration campaign during the last five elections but that these campaigns were carefully planned to be as cost effective as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane