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45238

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the functional literacy rates were in each (a) local authority area and (b) region in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	193804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>Tables showing the percentage of pupils achieving level 4 or above in reading and writing at the end of key stage 2[1] at local authority level for the past four years are published in the ‘National curriculum assessments at key stage two' statistical first release (SFR). A copy of the data has been placed in the House Library.</p><p>Information on the percentage of pupils achieving A* to C and A* to G grades in English GCSE[2] nationally for the last 10 years are published in the ‘GCSE and equivalent results' SFR. A copy is placed in the House Library.</p><p>Key stage 2 reading and writing figures for earlier years and English GCSE figures at local authority level could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p>[1] These figures are published in the “National curriculum assessments at key stage 2” statistical first releases for each year.</p><p>[2] These figures are published in the “GCSE and equivalent results” statistical first releases for each year.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45226

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2013, Official Report, column 443W, on electoral register, what progress he has made with private sector credit reference agencies on ensuring the completeness and accuracy of the electoral register.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	193919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is using public data to confirm the vast majority of electors on the register when the transition to individual electoral registration takes place this year.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to use private sector credit reference agency data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45227

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2014, Official Report, columns 509-10W, on the Electoral Register, with which national organisations his Department is working to encourage people to register to vote.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	193837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Five national organisations have received funding as part of the Government's measures to maximise voter registration.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working with a number of other groups such as the British Youth Council and Operation Black Vote.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45228

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2014, Official Report, column 510W, on the electoral register: young people, how the £4.2 million funding to maximise the rate of voter registration ahead of the transition to individual electoral registration has been spent; and what measures are in place to monitor the effectiveness of this spending.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	193839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Funding has been provided to all 363 local authorities and valuation joint boards in Great Britain, and five national organisations, to support the costs of activities for maximising registration as part of the transition to individual electoral registration.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance has been made available to support them in evaluating the success of activity delivered through this funding. Government officials will continue to work closely with funding recipients to monitor and measure the outcomes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45229

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 386W, on the Electoral Register, what is the (a) earliest and (b) latest age a person is allocated their National Insurance number; and what the earliest date is that an attainer can be registered to vote.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	193836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>National Insurance numbers are sent automatically when individuals reach the age of 15 years and 9 months. There is no upper age limit to apply for a National Insurance number.</p><p> </p><p>The law provides that an attainer will be included on the register if they will reach the age of 18 before the end of a 12-month period starting from the next 1 December after the application is made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45230

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2014, Official Report, column 189W, on the electoral register: Northern Ireland, if he will discuss the lessons from the registration for schools programme in Northern Ireland with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	193838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>I have discussed the Northern Ireland schools initiative with the Minister of State for Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45231

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, with reference to the Answer of 3 September 2012, Official Report, columns 93-4W, on electoral register: fraud, what assessment he has made of the reasons there have been no successful prosecutions for postal vote fraud since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	193880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government has made no such assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45232

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	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 the Electoral Register if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidelines for the issuing of fixed penalty notices for non-registration.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	193800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Guidance from the Electoral Commission on the use of civil penalties for failure to respond to a notice of requirement to register was published in September 2013.</p><p> </p><p>I have placed a copy in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45233

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2012, Official Report, column 444W, on constituencies, what comparative assessment he has made of the accuracy of the (a) electoral register and (b) census.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	193801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Using population figures derived from census data would not provide a better basis for a review of constituency boundaries than using the electoral register. The electoral register is updated annually, whereas the census takes place every ten years; in addition, 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 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45435

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, with reference to the Answer of 19 June 2012, Official Report, columns 923-4W, on electoral register: fraud, how many successful prosecutions for electoral registration fraud there were in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	194030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government does not collect this data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane