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93650

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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
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, if the Electoral Commission will issue advice to hon. Members on the procedures for registering electors who do not have a national insurance number under individual electoral registration.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	210786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>There is an exceptions process which enables individuals who do not have a National Insurance Number to register to vote. Ministerial guidance has been provided for Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) which sets out the framework for administering this process.</p><p>The Commission is currently producing a guide to support anyone interested in promoting electoral registration. This guide will make clear that any individual who does not have a National Insurance Number should be directed to their ERO for advice on what they need to do to register.</p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 27/10/2014 16:48:47 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

93651

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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
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, what estimate the Electoral Commission has made of the proportion of (a) male and (b) female electors in each ethnic grouping for which data is held who do not have a national insurance number.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	210788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission has made no such estimate. National Insurance Numbers are allocated by the Department for Work and Pensions and the Commission does not hold any data on this process.</p><p> </p><p>Under individual electoral registration, there is an exceptions process which enables individuals who do not have a National Insurance Number to register to vote.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 27/10/2014 16:50:03 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

93067

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the rollout of online individual electoral registration; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	905410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>Voter registration is now easier and more convenient than ever before with the launch of online registration. Applying to register to vote now takes as little as 3 minutes and has been a huge success so far – over 90% of users that have provided feedback on the Register to Vote website have said they were ‘satisfied’ or ‘very satisfied’ with the service.</p><p>To date, over 2 million applications have been made under IER with the majority of these made online.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/10/2014 14:11:24 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

93441

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with electoral registration officers in Scotland about changes they have made in 2014 to the electoral register; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	905366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Scotland Office officials attend regular meetings with the Scottish Assessors Association’s Electoral Registration Committee to discuss electoral registration issues in Scotland. In addition, Cabinet Office officials have been in regular contact and have met with electoral registration officers to discuss the implementation of individual electoral registration in Scotland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 15/10/2014 14:38:04 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

91353

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place a report in the Library every week of what proportion of the Spring 2014 electorate have been successfully datamatched for the transition to the Individual Electoral Register using (a) the DWP CIS database and (b) additional datamatching employed by local authorities in each local authority.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	208872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2014 answer text <p>The results of the nationwide test of datamatching between government records and electoral registers is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-confirming-electors-through-data-matching" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-confirming-electors-through-data-matching</a></p><p>An evaluation report on the datamatching taking place this summer is due to be published in late autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/09/2014 10:33:38 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

91354

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place a report in the Library every week of the number of voter registration requests made via the new online registration service in each local authority.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	208873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2014 answer text <p>Data concerning the volumes of online and paper applications received, which can be interrogated by date, is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/performance/register-to-vote" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/performance/register-to-vote</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/09/2014 10:30:15 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

91143

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of his Department's budget for Electoral Registration Transformation Programme has been spent on registering additional citizens to vote in the current financial year; and what assessment he has made of the performance of that Programme in that function.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	208701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government has budgeted £99 million during this Parliament to deliver Individual Electoral Registration (IER), which includes the introduction of online registration. The ability to register on a computer or smartphone in as little as three minutes makes registering to vote quicker and more accessible than ever before. Local Authorities and Valuation Joint Boards have received over £39 million of this budget to support the transition to IER.</p><p>This funding is managed by the Electoral Registration Transformation Programme in the Cabinet Office’s Constitution Group, and covers the investment made by the Cabinet Office in registering citizens to vote.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 208703 208725 question first answered 15/09/2014 15:37:11 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

91144

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of his Department's Election and Democracy Division budget has been spent on registering additional voters in the 2014-15 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	208725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government has budgeted £99 million during this Parliament to deliver Individual Electoral Registration (IER), which includes the introduction of online registration. The ability to register on a computer or smartphone in as little as three minutes makes registering to vote quicker and more accessible than ever before. Local Authorities and Valuation Joint Boards have received over £39 million of this budget to support the transition to IER.</p><p>This funding is managed by the Electoral Registration Transformation Programme in the Cabinet Office’s Constitution Group, and covers the investment made by the Cabinet Office in registering citizens to vote.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 208701 208703 question first answered 15/09/2014 15:37:13 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

91237

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the decision-making process was for the distribution of his Department's £4.2 million Innovation Fund to improve voter registration.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	208794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>The £4.2 million fund was aimed at maximising electoral registration throughout the transition to Individual Electoral Registration – the Innovation Fund was part of this.</p><p>Five national organisations received funding through the Innovation fund, to test ways of improving democratic engagement among under registered groups were selected on merit for their innovative ideas, insight, networks and knowledge of specific groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/09/2014 15:39:09 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

91260

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of his Department's Parliament and Constitution Division's budget has been spent on registering additional voters in the 2014-15 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	208703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government has budgeted £99 million during this Parliament to deliver Individual Electoral Registration (IER), which includes the introduction of online registration. The ability to register on a computer or smartphone in as little as three minutes makes registering to vote quicker and more accessible than ever before. Local Authorities and Valuation Joint Boards have received over £39 million of this budget to support the transition to IER.</p><p>This funding is managed by the Electoral Registration Transformation Programme in the Cabinet Office’s Constitution Group, and covers the investment made by the Cabinet Office in registering citizens to vote.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 208701 208725 question first answered 15/09/2014 15:37:13 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane