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224431

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date	02/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Television: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department collects on how many acts of (a) altruism and (b) violence the average child will see on television each year.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	225923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text Ofcom carries out regular audience research into public opinion on standards on TV. Ofcom also assesses complaints made by viewers under the Broadcasting Code, which sets standards for television and radio programmes that broadcasters have to follow. Ofcom is responsible for investigating breaches of content standards, and publishes its decisions on its website in its fortnightly Broadcast Bulletins. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 09/03/2015 15:21:45 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

224445

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the projected number of years of active energy projection from (a) nuclear power, (b) offshore wind turbines, (c) onshore wind turbines, (d) coal powered power stations, (e) gas powered power stations, (f) solar powered farms, (g) tidal lagoon, (h) biomass and (i) anaerobic digesters.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	225910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>DECC’s most recently published figures for levelised costs contains information on the operating duration of selected electricity generation for technologies. These are available in the DECC Electricity Generation Costs (December 2013) report:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269888/131217_Electricity_Generation_costs_report_December_2013_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269888/131217_Electricity_Generation_costs_report_December_2013_Final.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/03/2015 15:31:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

224493

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners and what proportion of the prison population have killed themselves in each of the last 20 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	225903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Data on deaths in custody, including the numbers and rates of self-inflicted deaths in each of the last 20 years, is published in the Safety in Custody Statistics Bulletin, available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-in-custody-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-in-custody-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 09/03/2015 14:46:34 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

223682

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
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, what representations the Electoral Commission made to (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) other bodies on the issue of the accuracy of the 2014 electoral register during the course of its compilation.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	225355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p><strong>The Electoral Commission is regularly in communication with a wide range of stakeholders, including (a) the Cabinet Office, and (b) other bodies, about a variety of issues relating to electoral registration. The Commission’s engagement with the Cabinet Office includes continued membership of their Electoral Registration Transformation Programme Board.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The Electoral Commission has provided comprehensive written guidance and accompanying resources for Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to support them in maintaining accurate and complete electoral registers. The Commission has also continued to work with EROs to monitor and support them in delivering their plans to address the particular registration challenges in their local area.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 03/03/2015 11:25:37 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

223201

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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 his Department has made of the accuracy of the data provided by the Electoral Commission on the 2014 Electoral Registers used for the implementation of Individual Electoral Registration.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	225145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not produced its own analysis.</p><p>The registers used for the implementation of Individual Electoral Registration in 2014 were those published before the transition.</p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission has published its own analysis of the completeness and accuracy of the electoral registers published in February in England, and March 2014 in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 03/03/2015 10:08:01 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

223352

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Police Air Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how reductions in the budget of the National Police Air Service will be distributed between police forces in North Wales and the North West of England.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	225170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>The National Police Air Service (NPAS) is a police-led operational initiative, with all strategic decisions, including agreeing the budget and operating model, taken by the NPAS Strategic Board which comprises Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and Chief Constables. The Strategic Board agreed on 19 February to convene a small working group of PCCs to define a more equitable NPAS funding model for all force areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/02/2015 16:21:56 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

223367

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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, which 10 local authorities had the greatest proportional drop in electoral registration between 2013 and 2014.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	225165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>The ten authorities that had the largest proportional drop in their registered electorate between February/March and December 2014 are listed in table 5 of the Commission’s report published on 24 February 2015, which is available on its website.</p><p><a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/182375/Analysis-of-the-December-2014-electoral-registers-in-England-and-Wales.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/182375/Analysis-of-the-December-2014-electoral-registers-in-England-and-Wales.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 03/03/2015 15:53:32 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

223368

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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, how much the Electoral Commission plans to spend on television advertising to encourage registration; and how it monitors the effectiveness of such campaigns.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	225166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission’s budget for the production of its television advert ahead of the elections in May 2015 is £263,961, and its budget for purchasing television advertising space is £1,506,733.</p><p>The Electoral Commission uses Government Communication Service guidance on communication evaluation – which provides a model for best practise across the public sector - to inform the evaluation of its public awareness campaigns. The overall target for additions to electoral registers in Great Britain during the Commission’s TV campaign is one million.</p><p>However, given the nature of the format it is impossible to directly attribute voter registration applications and additions to the electoral register to television advertising.</p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 03/03/2015 15:41:20 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

223369

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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, what representations the Electoral Commission has received about monitoring and improving household canvasses from (a) hon. Members and (b) other bodies and individuals.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	225167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission is regularly in communication with a wide range of stakeholders, including (a) Members of Parliament and (b) other bodies and individuals, about a variety of issues relating to electoral registration.</p><p>Details of meetings held by Chair and Chief Executive can be found on the Commission’s website, <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.electoralcommission.org.uk</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 03/03/2015 15:42:14 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

223370

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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, what estimate the Electoral Commission has made of the cost per registration of 16 and 17 year olds who are encouraged to register primarily through (a) television adverts and (b) Bite the Ballot school visits.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	225199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it has made no comparative assessment of the cost-per-registration of 16 and 17 year olds in these two areas given the very different nature of the activity.</p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 03/03/2015 15:44:04 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane