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date	04/09/2019
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: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many electors have registered online since the introduction of online registration; and what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to encourage online registration.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	286647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission does not hold data on how many electors have registered online; these figures will be held by the UK Government, which manages the online registration service.</p><p>The Commission promotes voter registration ahead of specific electoral events through paid-for advertising campaigns. Directing people who are not registered to the government’s online registration page is the central call to action of this campaign activity.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 09/09/2019 08:25:26 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

914957

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with no (a) fixed and (b) permanent address will be able to register to vote using the online registration service.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	148891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>People with no fixed or permanent address can register to vote at an address or place where they spend a large part of their time. The Government has worked, and will continue in the future to work, with homeless charities to make sure that the paperwork required to register without a fixed address can be readily accessed. Citizens can access the paper application to register to vote if they don’t have a fixed abode at the following url; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-to-vote-if-you-havent-got-a-fixed-or-permanent-address" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-to-vote-if-you-havent-got-a-fixed-or-permanent-address</a>.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 18/06/2018 14:46:35 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

914958

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of people who registered to vote by means of the online registration service did so without providing a national insurance number in (a) 2014, (b) 2015, (c) 2016, (d) 2017 and (e) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	148892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>The online registration service is very popular and enjoys consistently high user satisfaction. The overwhelming majority of people successfully use the service and are able to provide a National Insurance number when doing so. The figures are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><br> <strong>Online registration applications that did not include a National Insurance number (percentage)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 (from launch)</p></td><td><p>2.21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2.19%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1.57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1.69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 (to date)</p></td><td><p>1.56%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>As can be seen, over time the number of applications without a National Insurance number has been falling from already very low levels. This suggests that communications activity making it clear that having a National Insurance number to hand makes online applications easier has had an effect.</p><p> </p><p>These figures also clearly justify the use of National Insurance numbers as the primary means of verifying the identity of applications received through the online system.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 07/06/2018 11:19:01 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

856333

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of allowing online electoral registration using a recognised Government identification such as a passport or driving licence instead of a national insurance number, in line with arrangements for registration by post.
tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
uin	HL6121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>While it is possible to register to vote without a National Insurance number, the IER Digital Service uses National Insurance numbers provided by electoral registration applicants to establish identity quickly and easily (applications are processed overnight). This in turn allows Electoral Registration Officers to complete the processing of applications as efficiently as possible. This is especially important in the run up to electoral events.</p><p>The operation of the Digital Service shows that making use of National Insurance numbers in this way is effective. Of the 31,407,478 total applications received between 9 June 2014 and 19 February 2018 (the latest period for which we hold data), only 446,277 or 1.4 per cent were unverifiable. Unverifiable applications are those where an applicant has not provided all of the information necessary to verify their identity. This category therefore includes all those applications received without a National Insurance number. This means that at least 98.5 per cent of those people making an application through the Digital Service have been able to provide a National Insurance number.</p><p>The small number of applicants who cannot provide a National Insurance number are still able to apply to register to vote. Applications without a National Insurance number are processed by the Digital Service and then passed to the local electoral administration team. The team will contact the applicant to provide proof of identity, such as a passport or driving licence. There is also an attestation process for people who cannot provide such alternative forms of ID.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/03/2018 17:58:36 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

816800

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the increase in level of capacity of the Register to Vote website was between June 2016 and the end of December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	121227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Enhancements to the Register to Vote digital service were completed in December 2016, taking full account of the independent lessons learned review from the website outage that occurred in June 2016. The changes included a significant increase in user capacity. Specific user capacity figures cannot be shared for security reasons.</p><p>Over 2.9 million applications were submitted between 18 April and 22 May 2017, including a record number of 622,000 applications on the deadline date.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 16/01/2018 14:39:21 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett