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347142

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to to the Written Statement of 9 January 2015, HCWS18, on maximising voter registration, what proportion of each of the funding streams has been spent in (a) England, Wales and Scotland combined, (b) England, (c) London, (d) the London Borough of Islington and (e) Islington South and Finsbury constituency to date.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>A full breakdown of the funding allocations for all EROs is available at the following link: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/news/10-million-boost-for-voter-registration" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/news/10-million-boost-for-voter-registration</a></p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 03/06/2015 11:59:35 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347145

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to to the Written Statement of 9 January 2015, HCWS18, on maximising voter registration, if the Government will provide further funding to electoral registration officers to maximise voter registration once the transition to individual electoral registration is complete.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Over £14million has been invested over the last two financial years to support the completeness and accuracy of the register, including in the run up to the General Election.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is due to publish an analysis of the electoral registers used for these elections in June and the Government will consider further steps in the light of this report.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 107 question first answered 03/06/2015 11:55:12 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347150

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 6 May 2014 to Question HL6721, what steps the Government plans to take to maximise voter registration before 1 December 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Over £14million has been invested over the last two financial years to support the completeness and accuracy of the register, including in the run up to the General Election.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is due to publish an analysis of the electoral registers used for these elections in June and the Government will consider further steps in the light of this report.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 106 question first answered 03/06/2015 11:55:12 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347157

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 5 July 2013, Official Report, column 71WS, what proportion of (a) the Targeted Canvassing Fund, (b) the ERO Registration Fund, (c) the Innovation Fund and (d) Schools Outreach has been spent in (i) England, Wales and Scotland combined, (ii) England, (iii) London, (iv) the London Borough of Islington and (v) Islington South and Finsbury constituency to date.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>In July 2013 £4.2million funding was announced to support efforts aimed at increasing the completeness and accuracy of the register. In October 2013 £385,848 of this funding was awarded to 24 successful Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) applicants. The remainder of the funding, as announced on 5 February 2014, was shared between every ERO in Great Britain and five national organisations. Full information is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/funding-for-new-ways-to-encourage-voter-registration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/funding-for-new-ways-to-encourage-voter-registration</a></p><p>In addition almost £10million was invested in 2014/15 aimed at maximising levels of voter registration with £6.8million being shared among every ERO in Great Britain.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 04/06/2015 11:52:32 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347159

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	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 Written Statement of 18 December 2013, Official Report, column 106WS, when he expects the Electoral Commission to make its recommendation as to whether the transition to individual Electoral Registration should conclude in 2015 to 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission will next report on progress with the transition to Individual Electoral Registration (IER) in June 2015. The Commission’s assessment will seek to consider the potential impact of ending the transition to IER in December 2015 to inform the UK Government’s decision on whether to make an Order to bring forward the end of the transition from December 2016.</p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 03/06/2015 16:42:32 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347056

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people (a) entitled and (b) registered to vote in each parliamentary constituency at the May 2015 general election.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics has published electoral statistics for those registered to vote based on the registers published on 1 December 2014 in England and Wales and 28 February in Scotland. They can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pop-estimate/electoral-statistics-for-uk/2014/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pop-estimate/electoral-statistics-for-uk/2014/index.html</a></p><p>The Electoral Commission made its assessment of the registers used for the General Election on 7 May and plan to publish their report in June.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 04/06/2015 11:50:24 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347085

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment hehas made of the effect of the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration on (a) the incidence of electoral fraud and (b) public perceptions of the integrity of the electoral system.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>A report on allegations of electoral fraud reported to police forces in the UK is published each year jointly by the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Electoral Commission. The Electoral Commission also publishes an annual UK wide public opinion survey (the ‘Winter Tracker’) which asks the public for its views on electoral fraud.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 04/06/2015 11:54:01 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry