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1313296

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
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	Elections: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many free local elector IDs were issued by Woking Council as part of the 2019 Voter ID trials.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>Woking Borough Council issued 24 free local elector cards in 2019, as part of its participation in the UK Government's voter ID pilot. It issued 63 cards in a similar trial held in 2018.</p><p>This information was collated as part of the Commission's independant evaluations of the pilot schemes conducted in 2018 and 2019.</p> answering member constituency City of Chester answering member printed Christian Matheson question first answered 17/05/2021 08:07:05 answering member 4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1313348

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many local elector cards were issued as part of the Voter ID pilots in (a) 2019 and (b) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>The evaluations of the 2018 and 2019 Voter Identification pilot, which include information on locally issued elector cards, can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733128/Electoral_Integrity_Project_-_Local_Elections_2018_-_Evaluation.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733128/Electoral_Integrity_Project_-_Local_Elections_2018_-_Evaluation.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/819404/2019_Voter_ID_Pilots_Evaluation.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/819404/2019_Voter_ID_Pilots_Evaluation.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/our-views-and-research/our-research/voter-identification-pilots" target="_blank">https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/our-views-and-research/our-research/voter-identification-pilots</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 17/05/2021 15:41:57 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1305023

registered interest
date	23/03/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the results of the research carried out by Ipsos Mori for the Cabinet Office under the contract entitled Provision of Research for ID Pilots Survey, that had a start date of 5 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	174154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2021 answer text <p>The results of the Ipsos Mori research conducted in 2019 were published alongside the Cabinet Office evaluation of the 2019 pilots:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-voter-id-pilots-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-voter-id-pilots-2019</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 30/03/2021 16:18:17 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1303903

registered interest
date	18/03/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total (a) financial and (b) administrative costs were of his Department's support for running the 2019 Voter ID pilots for each participating local authority.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	171642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>Details of Government contracts, and Cabinet Office spend data are published on gov.uk.</p><p>Local authorities are required to publish annual accounts outlining their income and expenditure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 23/03/2021 17:54:44 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1302992

registered interest
date	16/03/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2021 to Question 164520 what evidence voters will be asked to provide in order to verify their identity to local authorities when applying for their free local elector ID.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	169886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>Local authorities will be responsible for issuing local elector identity documents. Further details will be set out in due course.</p><p>We will continue to work with local authorities, the Electoral Commission, charities and civil society organisations to make sure that reforms, including the provision of a local elector identity document, are delivered in a way that is inclusive for all voters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 22/03/2021 17:31:38 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1300161

registered interest
date	08/03/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government's Voter ID plans, how voters will be asked to prove their identity to local authorities when applying for their free local elector ID.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	164520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>Local authorities will be responsible for issuing local elector identity documents.</p><p>We will continue to work with local authorities, the Electoral Commission, charities and civil society organisations to make sure that reforms, including the provision of a local elector identity document, are delivered in a way that is inclusive for all voters.</p><p>Further details will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 11/03/2021 17:37:27 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1280599

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor the potential effects of introducing mandatory voter ID on voting uptake among different demographic groups.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	143817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>As legislation is brought forward to enable the national roll out of voter ID, appropriate impact assessments will be provided for Parliament in the normal way.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 143818 question first answered 03/02/2021 17:56:38 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1280600

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of rolling out mandatory voter ID.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	143818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>As legislation is brought forward to enable the national roll out of voter ID, appropriate impact assessments will be provided for Parliament in the normal way.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 143817 question first answered 03/02/2021 17:56:38 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1278170

registered interest
date	19/01/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many tenders or contracts have been granted by his Department to investigate the effect of introducing Voter ID on voting.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	140165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>Details of Government contracts are published on gov.uk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 27/01/2021 17:40:19 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1277055

registered interest
date	15/01/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2021 to Question 134490, for what reasons the answer to the Question did not confirm where voters will collect their local elector ID from in the event that they do not possess photographic ID.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	138464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2021 answer text <p>As legislation is brought forward to enable the national roll out of voter ID, appropriate impact assessments will be provided for Parliament in the normal way. Details about the full list of approved photographic ID will be set out in due course. As we have set out, for any voter who does not have one of the required forms of photographic ID, a local elector ID will be available, free of charge, from their local authority. Local authorities will be responsible for issuing local elector identity documents. Further details will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 138466 138467 question first answered 20/01/2021 17:47:49 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith