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1010547

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of (a) car and (b) HGV drivers involved in an accident with a motorcyclist were charged with careless driving in each year from 2014 to 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	193490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Section 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 creates the offence of driving a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road or other public place without due care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road or public place. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of defendants charged with, or prosecuted for these offences. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>As Section 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 is a specified offence large numbers of careless driving offences are charged and prosecuted by the police with no involvement from the CPS. The CPS only become involved if the defendant pleads not guilty to the offence after which, CPS prosecutors take responsibility for reviewing the case and preparing the trial. Figures on the number of people prosecuted and the outcome of the prosecution of careless or inconsiderate driving offences may be obtained from the official statistics held by the Ministry of Justice.</p><p>The CPS does however maintain records of the number of offences in which a CPS prosecution commenced, including offences of careless or inconsiderate driving. The table below shows the number of these offences during each year between 2014 and 2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Road Traffic Act 1988 { 3 }</strong></p></td><td><p>11,230</p></td><td><p>9,730</p></td><td><p>9,238</p></td><td><p>8,350</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that the figures relate to the number of offences and not the number of individual defendants. It is may be the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 27/11/2018 17:33:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

456958

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Queen Elizabeth II: Anniversaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government plans to take to celebrate HM the Queen's 90th birthday.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	29485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>Representatives of the Government will be attending a number of events to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s 90<sup>th</sup> birthday including a National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral and The Queen’s Birthday Parade on Horseguards Parade.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 08/03/2016 16:17:13 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

458411

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to increase voter registration within Commonwealth communities for the forthcoming EU referendum.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	30141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring as many eligible people as possible are registered to vote. The introduction of online voter registration has made it easier and quicker to register to vote than ever before. It can take less than three minutes and you can register throughout the year from wherever you are in the world, within the commonwealth and beyond.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 16/03/2016 16:45:10 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

485509

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure institutions and organisations in receipt of public funds do not express a corporate opinion on the forthcoming EU referendum.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	32422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>The rules on campaigning at the referendum are set out in the European Union Referendum Act 2015 and the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. There is no general restriction on institutions and organisations in receipt of public funds expressing a corporate opinion on the European Union Referendum. However, there are restrictions on organisations whose expenses are met wholly or mainly from public funds publishing certain material relating to the referendum in the final 28 days.</p><p>As the independent regulator for charities in England and Wales, the Charity Commission published guidance for charities on 7 March 2016 regarding the forthcoming EU referendum. This clearly sets out the threshold necessary to justify any charitable activity on this specific issue.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 32336 question first answered 14/04/2016 15:34:36 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

485511

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure charities in receipt of public funds do not express a view on the forthcoming European Union Referendum.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	32336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>The rules on campaigning at the referendum are set out in the European Union Referendum Act 2015 and the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. There is no general restriction on institutions and organisations in receipt of public funds expressing a corporate opinion on the European Union Referendum. However, there are restrictions on organisations whose expenses are met wholly or mainly from public funds publishing certain material relating to the referendum in the final 28 days.</p><p>As the independent regulator for charities in England and Wales, the Charity Commission published guidance for charities on 7 March 2016 regarding the forthcoming EU referendum. This clearly sets out the threshold necessary to justify any charitable activity on this specific issue.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 32422 question first answered 14/04/2016 15:34:36 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

516169

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations he has made to the Electoral Commission on resolving recent problems with registration on aboutmyvote.co.uk related to the EU referendum.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	35769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Cabinet Office officials have worked closely with colleagues at the Electoral Commission to ensure the messaging on aboutmyvote.co.uk informs electors that they do not need to re-register for the EU referendum.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 04/05/2016 14:55:07 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

516170

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had the Electoral Commission on ensuring that people are able to check whether they are registered on aboutmyvote.co.uk related to the EU referendum.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	35770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>A registration look up tool that allowed electors to check their registration status would reduce duplicate applications. Technical and practical barriers prevent its implementation before the EU referendum.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 04/05/2016 16:45:13 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

518150

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2016 to Question 35770, what technical and practical barriers will prevent the Electoral Commission implementing a registration look-up tool before the EU referendum.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	36913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>As required by legislation, all applications to register to vote are assessed by Local Authority Electoral Registration Officers (EROs). There are around 360 EROs across the UK. EROs manage and maintain separate electoral registers for their areas on a variety of different software platforms. A national registration look-up tool would require access to all of these locally held and owned electoral registers, and, if it required the creation of a central national database, could require legislative changes and raise significant data protection concerns.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 12/05/2016 09:41:54 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

522442

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that postal votes and ballot papers are sent only to eligible voters for the forthcoming EU referendum.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	39266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The referendum will be overseen by the Chief Counting Officer, chair of the independent Electoral Commission, who is responsible for making sure the referendum is held in accordance with the legislation. The Electoral Commission made a statement on &quot;non-eligible EU citizen voters&quot; on the 2 June 2016 which can be found at <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 13/06/2016 15:28:31 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

522975

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that people who are not eligible to vote in the EU referendum and who have received ballot papers in error are not able to use those ballot papers.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	39294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The EU referendum will be overseen by the Chief Counting Officer, chair of the independent Electoral Commission, who is responsible for making sure the referendum is held in accordance with the legislation governing the conduct of the poll. The Electoral Commission has recently issued a statement setting out the actions that have been taken to address an issue with elections software used by a number of local authorities in England and Wales. They will ensure that any postal votes which have been issued to electors who are not eligible to vote in the referendum will be cancelled and none of these electors will be shown as eligable on the electoral register to be used at polling stations on the 23rd June.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 14/06/2016 16:10:58 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith