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49669

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date	06/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans (a) were and (b) were not contacted by the Veterans Information Service one year after their departure from the armed forces in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	197754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The number of veterans who were contacted/not contacted by the Veterans Information Service in 2012 and 2013 is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2012<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Contacted</strong></p></td><td><p>19,445</p></td><td><p>6,178</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Not Contacted</strong></p></td><td><p>3,544</p></td><td><p>951</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes </strong></p><p> </p><p>1. From May 2012 until December 2012.</p><p>2. From January 2013 until March 2013. (Contact is initiated one year after discharge.)</p><p> </p><p>This information is not available by year prior to May 2012. However, I can confirm that 56,653 veterans discharged between 1 September 2009 and 30 April 2012 have been contacted and 5,996 have not.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

49722

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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, which electoral registration officers identified themselves as below standard at using information services to verify entries in the register of electors and identify potential new electors in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	197826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that in 2013 no Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) reported performing below the standard for performance standard 1, which aims to ensure that EROs use appropriate sources of information to verify records on the register of electors and to identify and contact potential new electors throughout the year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

49723

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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, which local authorities have initiated proceedings for failure to complete and return an annual electoral registration return in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	197827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that the following Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) reported that they had initiated prosecutions as a result of a failure to respond to the 2012 annual canvass: East Staffordshire; Gravesham; Nottingham; London Borough of Tower Hamlets; Warrington.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission also informs me that it is in the process of analysing the detailed registration data relating to the 2013 canvass, and that once this work has been completed, it will publish the full data set, which will include information on which local authorities initiated proceedings for failure to complete and return an annual canvass form in 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

49724

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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, which local authority had the biggest percentage (a) increase and (b) decrease in electoral registration in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	197828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that there are no reliable yearly estimates of levels of registration at a local authority level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics publishes total electorates for each local authority on an annual basis. This data can be found here: <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pop-estimate/electoral-statistics-for-uk/2013/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pop-estimate/electoral-statistics-for-uk/2013/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

49725

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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, what the main reasons given by electoral registration officers were for not conducting data matching activities for the purpose of individual electoral registration.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	197830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Commission informs me that the use of local data-matching to support confirmation and verification under Individual Electoral Registration (IER) is at the discretion of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs). Ministerial guidance sets out the considerations EROs should take into account in determining whether to conduct local data matching for these purposes, which includes an assessment of the costs and benefits of doing so in their local area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the dry-run of the confirmation exercise in summer 2013, 137 EROs reported to the Commission on the trials that they had carried out of local data-matching to support the confirmation process. The reasons given by EROs for not carrying out local data-matching at that time included a lack of staff resources and an already high match rate. However, in a survey of EROs after the dry-run, 91% of respondents said that local data-matching would be important in their area during the confirmation live run in 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

49726

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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, if the Electoral Commission will write to all hon. Members to inform them whether or not their electoral registration officer (ERO) conducted data matching for the purposes of individual electoral registration (IER) in the recent dry run; and what steps the Electoral Commission can take against EROs who do not undertake data matching activities for the purpose of IER.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	197831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that the use of local data-matching to support confirmation and verification under Individual Electoral Registration (IER) is at the discretion of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs). Ministerial guidance sets out the considerations EROs should take into account in determining whether to conduct local data matching for these purposes, which includes an assessment of the costs and benefits of doing so in their local area.</p><p> </p><p>Following the dry-run of the confirmation exercise in summer 2013, 137 EROs reported to the Commission on the trials that they had carried out of local data-matching to support the confirmation process. However, in a survey of EROs after the dry-run, 91% of respondents said that local data-matching would be important in their area during the confirmation live run in 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission published the confirmation dry-run data and an analysis of this and the survey responses received from EROs on its website and emailed hon. Members on publication.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission informs me that it will continue to work with the Cabinet Office and its Regional Delivery Managers to provide support to EROs throughout the transition to IER to ensure that they are carrying out all necessary activities to meet the challenges of IER in their local areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission will also collect and publish data from EROs at key stages in order to monitor the progress of the transition, as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· on conclusion of confirmation – August 2014 (England and Wales) and October 2014 (Scotland)</p><p> </p><p>· on conclusion of the write-out and following publication of the revised register – December 2014 (England and Wales) and March 2015 (Scotland)</p><p> </p><p>· after the registration deadline for the May 2015 elections – April 2015</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission will make this information available to all hon. Members on publication, along with information on what questions they can ask their local ERO to establish progress with delivering the transition in their area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

49727

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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, with reference to the Answer of 13 June 2011, Official Report, columns 584-5W, on electoral register, how many letters the Electoral Commission have written to hon. Members as a result of their electoral registration officers having failed at least one standard performance indicator in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	197968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it notifies all MPs of the outcomes of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) performance measurement assessments through a Written Statement and it writes individual letters to MPs who have an ERO that has failed at least one performance indicator within their constituency. EROs that have failed the standards are identified in the Commission's reports each year, which are available on its website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/performance-standards" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/performance-standards</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

49728

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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, with reference to the Answer of 13 June 2011, Official Report, column 586W, on electoral register, how many (a) written and (b) oral representations the Electoral Commission has received on electoral registration matters from hon. Members from the (i) Labour, (ii) Conservative and (iii) Liberal Democrat parties in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	197933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it no longer holds information in the format requested. However, the Commission answers parliamentary questions about all aspects of its work and meets regularly with a range of honourable members to discuss issues relevant to its work, including on registration matters. This includes meetings with Parliamentary parties, a range of meetings with individual MPs and meetings with its Parliamentary Advisory Group, minutes of whose meetings can be found on its website here: <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><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of the Chair of the Commission's external meetings are also published on an annual basis and can be found on its website here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/our-work/who-we-are/executive-and-management-team" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/our-work/who-we-are/executive-and-management-team</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

49729

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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, with reference to the Answer of 5 July 2011, Official Report, column 1103W, on electoral register, which electoral registration officers rated themselves too highly in their self-assessment and had their ratings reduced in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	197949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that information about those Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) whose assessments it revised to ‘below the standard' in each of 2008, 2009 and 2010 is available in the answer provided on 5 July 2011 [63427].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Those EROs whose assessments the Commission has revised to ‘below the standard' in 2011 and 2012 are shown in the tables below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Performance Standard 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Performance Standard 3</strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Angus</p></td><td><p>Arun</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arun</p></td><td><p>Braintree</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Braintree</p></td><td><p>Broxbourne</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broxbourne</p></td><td><p>Castle Point</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Castle Point</p></td><td><p>East Hampshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chichester</p></td><td><p>East Hertfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clackmannanshire</p></td><td><p>Eastbourne</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Ayrshire</p></td><td><p>Great Yarmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Devon</p></td><td><p>Gwynedd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Dorset</p></td><td><p>Lancaster</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>Merthyr Tydfil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Lothian</p></td><td><p>Mid Sussex</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh, City of</p></td><td><p>North Hertfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkirk</p></td><td><p>North Warwickshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fife</p></td><td><p>Powys</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gravesham</p></td><td><p>Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Yarmouth</p></td><td><p>South Oxfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hart</p></td><td><p>Uttlesford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maldon</p></td><td><p>Vale of White Horse</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malvern Hills</p></td><td><p>West Oxfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p><strong>Performance Standard 4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merthyr Tydfil</p></td><td><p>Eden</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlothian</p></td><td><p><strong>Performance Standard 6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>Eden</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mole Valley</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Ayrshire</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Devon</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lanarkshire</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Warwickshire</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Perth and Kinross</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Powys</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhondda, Cynon, Taff</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sedgemoor</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Solihull</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>South Ayrshire</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>South Lanarkshire</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk Coastal</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Tandridge</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Taunton Deane</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Thanet</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>The Vale of Glamorgan</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Torfaen</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwick</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>West Devon</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lothian</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>West Oxfordshire</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>West Somerset</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Wycombe</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission informs me that it is in the process of analysing the detailed registration data relating to the 2013 canvass, which informs its assessments of EROs' performance. Once this work has been completed, it will publish final assessments of performance for 2013, including the details of any EROs whose assessments it has revised.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

49730

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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, what steps have been taken by the Electoral Commission to inform hon. Members of the performance of electoral registration officers in their (a) constituency and (b) local authority.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	197881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Commission informs me that it notified all hon. Members of the performance of electoral registration officers (EROs) through a written statement announcing the publication of its assessment report on 31 March 2014. The Commission also writes individually to every MP who has an ERO within their constituency who has failed to meet at least one performance standard</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane