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	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people with a disability living in poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	243357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>National statistics on the number of people with a disability living in poverty, are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures can be found using the link below, in table 7b, in the file “summary-hbai-1994-95-2017-18-tables.ods”.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789816/hbai-2017-2018-tables-ods-files.zip" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789816/hbai-2017-2018-tables-ods-files.zip</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/04/2019 15:21:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

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	registered interest
	date	06/03/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2014, Official Report, column 892W, on electoral register, if the Electoral Commission will set more rigorous targets for expected registration downloads in future registration campaigns.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	191082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it always seeks to set stretching targets for its registration campaigns based on exceeding targets set for the nearest equivalent previous campaign.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission will be undertaking a thorough review of how best to increase voter registration ahead of the 2015 UK General Election. This will look at lessons from previous campaigns as well as exploring new and potentially more cost efficient ways of generating public awareness about voter registration, including how best to support the work of other organisations. Rigorous targets will be set to reflect the objectives of the campaign and the fact that it will be possible to register online for the first time in Great Britain.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

41949

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2014, Official Report, columns 338-9W, on Parliamentary Advisory Group, on what date each member of the Parliamentary Advisory Group was appointed; and what the attendance record of each member has been at meetings of that Group since their appointment.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	191075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that its Parliamentary Advisory Group is made up of politicians whose expertise it uses to help it consider a range of different issues. The group has no formal status so there is no specific date of appointment for members. The minutes of each Advisory Group meeting, which includes a record of the attendance at each meeting, are published on the Commission's website here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/our-work/who-we-are/governance-and-decision-making/parliamentary-advisory-group" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/our-work/who-we-are/governance-and-decision-making/parliamentary-advisory-group</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

41950

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	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, pursuant to the Answers of 3 February 2014, Official Report, columns 59-62W and 6 March 2014, Official Report, column 892W, on the electoral register, what the average planned cost for each download target for each voter registration campaign was for each of the last five elections.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	191081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it did not set specific targets for the cost per download of each registration campaign during the last five elections but that these campaigns were carefully planned to be as cost effective as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

42034

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	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 local authorities in Great Britain failed the Standard Three performance standard for the completeness and accuracy of electoral registration records in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	191114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission informs me that this information was published and tabled in a written statement to the House on 31 March. The Commission has written to the hon. Member with a copy of the report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

42305

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	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 assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the potential benefits of using (a) student unions and (b) other university and college venues as polling stations.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	191354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that between 2002 and 2007 a number of English local authorities piloted the use of alternative locations as polling stations, although these did not include student unions or other university and college premises. The locations included railway stations, supermarkets, libraries and other local authority venues.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission's statutory evaluation of the pilot schemes concluded that the convenience of voting at alternative locations was appreciated by some voters, although the impact on turnout was minimal.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At present, the legislation provides that Returning Officers may use certain publicly-funded schools or “rooms funded out of any rate” free of charge as premises for polling stations. The Electoral Commission has recommended that Returning Officers should be permitted to use a wider range of publicly-funded buildings as polling stations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

42306

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	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 percentage of those registered to vote by post did so in (a) police commissioner elections and (b) the local European elections in each electoral area; and what the percentage turnout was at polling stations in each election and in each area.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	191355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that the turnout figures at the Police and Crime Commissioner elections were as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2012 Police and Crime Commissioner elections </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>In-person turnout %</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Postal voter turnout %</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England and Wales</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>48.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avon and Somerset</p></td><td><p>13.8</p></td><td><p>52.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>13.2</p></td><td><p>52.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>10.5</p></td><td><p>49.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td><td><p>48.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td><td><p>48.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td><td><p>50.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td><td><p>49.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon and Cornwall</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td><td><p>43.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>53.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td><td><p>45.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td><td><p>48.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>11.4</p></td><td><p>48.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td><td><p>44.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td><td><p>50.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td><td><p>48.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>14.5</p></td><td><p>60.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>10.5</p></td><td><p>52.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td><td><p>49.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>11.2</p></td><td><p>52.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td><td><p>49.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td><td><p>48.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td><td><p>49.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td><td><p>46.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td><td><p>50.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td><td><p>44.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>53.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td><td><p>46.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td><td><p>48.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td><td><p>50.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td><td><p>48.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td><td><p>49.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td><td><p>45.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td><td><p>54.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td><td><p>47.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td><td><p>47.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td><td><p>47.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td><td><p>44.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dyfed-Powys</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>46.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwent</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td><td><p>44.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wales</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>47.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Wales</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td><td><p>44.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The turnout figures at the 2009 European Parliament elections were:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2009 English European elections</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>In-person turnout %</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Postal voter turnout %</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>30.3</p></td><td><p>64.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Britain</p></td><td><p>29.9</p></td><td><p>64.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>30.8</p></td><td><p>64.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>42.6</p></td><td><p>68.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>24.4</p></td><td><p>63.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>25.4</p></td><td><p>61.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>30.0</p></td><td><p>61.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>34.8</p></td><td><p>67.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>33.5</p></td><td><p>67.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>34.0</p></td><td><p>66.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>31.3</p></td><td><p>66.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>32.8</p></td><td><p>66.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; the Humber</p></td><td><p>26.8</p></td><td><p>63.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>21.4</p></td><td><p>59.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>26.3</p></td><td><p>63.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

42307

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	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 local authority (a) augmented and (b) did not augment Department for Work and Pensions data matching with the electoral register with local authority data matching.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	191356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that 137 local authorities provided data to them on their local data matching activities following the trial of matching with the DWP in 2013. The table below lists these local authorities. Those that did not provide data may still have carried out local data matching work.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Reported on local data matching activities</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amber Valley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argyll &amp; Bute</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashfield</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aylesbury Vale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking &amp; Dagenham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bassetlaw</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath &amp; North East Somerset</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaby</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolsover</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bracknell Forest</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton &amp; Hove</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromsgrove</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broxbourne</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broxtowe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calderdale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canterbury</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlisle</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ceredigion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheltenham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christchurch</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conwy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dartford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daventry</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denbighshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire Dales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfries &amp; Galloway</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Dorset</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Dunbartonshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Lindsey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Lothian</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Northamptonshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Renfrewshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastleigh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eden</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh, City of</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elmbridge</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flintshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest of Dean</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gosport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gravesham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guildford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwynedd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hambleton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith &amp; Fulham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harborough</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrogate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hastings</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herefordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Peak</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hyndburn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverclyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipswich</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kensington and Chelsea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kettering</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mansfield</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Melton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlothian</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mole Valley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath Port Talbot</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Forest</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Dorset</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Kesteven</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Warwickshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Leicestershire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Orkney Islands</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pendle</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Purbeck</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redcar &amp; Cleveland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redditch</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renfrewshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond upon Thames</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmondshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rossendale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rushcliffe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rushmoor</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sedgemoor</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shepway</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Derbyshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Kesteven</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Ribble</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend-on-Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Edmundsbury</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St. Helens</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire Moorlands</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey Heath</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tamworth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tandridge</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thanet</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thurrock</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonbridge &amp; Malling</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waverley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Berkshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Dunbartonshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lindsey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lothian</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wychavon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wyre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

42309

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	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 place in the Library a copy of the newly-designed Household Registration Form and the Invitation to Register forms.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	191358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that these forms have been formally approved by the Minister of State, and as such the Cabinet Office will be placing them in the Library shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

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	registered interest
	date	10/03/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	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 assessment the Electoral Commission has made on the viability of permitting people to vote in any polling station in their constituency or local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	191353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that permitting people to vote electronically at any polling station within a specific ward or local authority area was piloted by a number of English local authorities between 2002 and 2007 as part of the previous UK Government's electoral pilot scheme programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission's statutory evaluation of the pilot schemes concluded that while some people welcomed the convenience of “vote anywhere” polling stations, the impact on turnout was minimal and there were significant technical problems associated with the facility in some areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission has recommended that there should be no further piloting of electronic voting – including “vote anywhere” polling stations – without the development of a wider electoral modernisation strategy, which should take account of the specific risks related to electronic voting, as well as its cost-effectiveness and likely impact on public trust.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane