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40938

registered interest
date	03/03/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how the performance of returning officers is monitored.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	190154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission publishes performance standards for Returning Officers as provided for in the Electoral Administration Act 2006. The Commission monitors and reports on the performance of Returning Officers. It also provides support and guidance to enable improvements in electoral practice.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 provides for a Returning Officer&rsquo;s fee to be reduced by the Secretary of State following a recommendation by the Commission, in the event of inadequate performance at a UK Parliamentary election. </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 06/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

40939

registered interest
date	03/03/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much was paid to returning officers in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	190155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The amount recoverable by Returning Officers in respect of services rendered at national polls in the last 10 years has been set out in successive Orders. Fees paid to Returning Officers in local polls are the responsibility of their local authorities.</p><p> </p><p><strong>2004/05:</strong> No overall total is available. In 2004 and 2005, the calculations for Returning Officers&rsquo; fees were not listed by individual counting areas in the Orders.</p><p> </p><p><strong>2006/07/08:</strong> No national elections were held</p><p> </p><p><strong>2009: </strong>Total paid: &pound;2,386,069</p><p> </p><p><strong>2010:</strong> Total paid: &pound;2,160,811</p><p> </p><p><strong>2011:</strong> Total paid: &pound;2,468,766</p><p> </p><p><strong>2012:</strong> Total paid: &pound;2,068,931</p><p> </p><p><strong>2013:</strong> No national elections were held</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 06/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

40792

registered interest
date	28/02/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
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 (a) fairness, (b) accuracy and (c) completeness of using the (i) census and midterm census and (ii) electoral register to determine the size of constituencies when drawing boundaries.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	190096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The electoral register has been the basis for parliamentary boundary reviews since the creation of the independent Boundary Commissions. The Government does not believe that using population figures derived from Census data would provide a better basis for a boundary review than using the electoral register. Importantly, the electoral register is updated annually, and census figures will include persons who are not eligible to register to vote, for example on grounds of citizenship or age.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 05/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

40204

registered interest
date	26/02/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2013, Official Report, column 971W, on Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013, if he will give the ranking according to data matching rates of the authorities that took part in the data matching pilots for individual electoral registration.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	189649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2014 answer text <p>The results and evaluation of the 2012 data matching pilots were published in April 2013, and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/simplifying-the-transition-to-individual-electoral-registration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/simplifying-the-transition-to-individual-electoral-registration</a></p><p>Further to the 2012 pilots, a full scale dry run of Confirmation data matching &ndash; involving all 380 local authorities &ndash; took place in the summer of 2013. The results and evaluation were published in October 2013 and are available at: <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> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

40205

registered interest
date	26/02/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he has taken to make hon. Members aware of the £4.2 million fund for increasing voter registration.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	189637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Apart from the funding allocation to 5 national organisations, the fund is directed at Electoral Registration Officers who have the statutory responsibility to ensure a complete and accurate electoral register.</p><p> </p><p>The allocation of funding was described to Hon. Members during Deputy Prime Minister&rsquo;s Questions on 11 Feb 2014 (Official Report) Column Ref: 701W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 06/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

40398

registered interest
date	26/02/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times (a) the Cabinet Committee on improving the country ability to deal with flooding and (b) the National Resilience Forum has met in the last 12 months; and when each body will next meet.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	189807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2014 answer text <p>As was the case under previous administrations, information relating to the proceedings of Cabinet Committees is generally not disclosed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

39979

registered interest
date	25/02/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2013, Official Report, column 392W on electoral register, when he will decide on the level of fine for not returning an electoral registration form; and when such fines will be able to be levied.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	189413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government announced in 2013 that Electoral Registration Officers will be able to impose a civil penalty on individuals who fail to make an application to register to vote when required to do so, in line with the provisions of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013, and the subordinate legislation made under that Act.</p><p> </p><p>In particular, Electoral Registration Officers will be required to take specific steps to encourage a registration before they can issue a notice of requirement to register; they will then have discretion to impose the penalty for failing to comply with the requirement. </p><p> </p><p>The level of the civil penalty has been set by the regulations at &pound;80.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 05/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

39980

registered interest
date	25/02/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will publish the full report on the data matching pilots for individual electoral registration.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	189412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2014 answer text <p>A full report evaluating pilots testing data matching for the purposes of identifying new electors was published in July 2013. The report can be accessed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/223850/Data_Mining_Evaluation_FULL_Report_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/223850/Data_Mining_Evaluation_FULL_Report_FINAL.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

39981

registered interest
date	25/02/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
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 effect of comments by (a) Government Ministers, (b) hon. Members and (c) the media on public perception of electoral fraud.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	189411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2014 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission has recently completed a review of electoral fraud in the UK, for which it commissioned research on public perceptions of electoral fraud. The report can be found here</p><p><a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/164609/Electoral-fraud-review-final-report.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/164609/Electoral-fraud-review-final-report.pdf</a></p><p>The Government will respond in due course. </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 189405 question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

39982

registered interest
date	25/02/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to advertise the availability of his Department's fund to increase voter registration.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	189465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>On 5February the Government announced that up to &pound;4.2 million funding will be shared by five national organisations and all 363 local authorities and valuation joint boards in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Each authority was informed directly of the financial allocation and help and support to EROs to make best use of the funding has been made available by the Association of Electoral Administrators.</p><p> </p><p>The Government encourages organisations who wish to support efforts to maximise registration in their community to contact their local Electoral Registration Officer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 06/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane