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star this property date less than 2014-10-30more like thismore than 2014-10-30
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Cabinet Office more like this
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unstar this property answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
star this property hansard heading Electoral Register more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they now expect from (1) the Cabinet Office, (2) the Electoral Commission, and (3) local Electoral Registration Officers as regards (a) the estimated proportion of those attaining the age of 18 who are registered to vote, and (b) the decline in the match rate of those attaining the age of 18 under the new system of individual electoral registration. more like this
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno remove filter
star this property uin HL2522 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2014-11-17more like thismore than 2014-11-17
star this property answer text <p><strong>Through matching against government records, almost 9 in 10 electors in England and Wales were automatically transferred to the new register. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The Government has funded Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to write to all electors confirming whether they have matched, and inviting those that did not register under Individual Electoral Registration to do so. Non-responders will receive two written reminders and a visit from a canvasser. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The Electoral Commission’s national awareness campaign includes activity aimed at young people. The Commission has encouraged EROs to work with schools to target attainers as part of their public engagement work. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Online registration makes registering to vote simpler and quicker than ever before for nearly all electors - 530,511 16-24 year olds have applied since 11 July 2014.</strong></p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire remove filter
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less than 2014-11-17T14:31:22.6Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-17T14:31:22.6Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno more like this
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star this property date less than 2014-11-17more like thismore than 2014-11-17
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Cabinet Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 53 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
star this property hansard heading Electoral Register more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 17 November (HL2522), what action, on top of the Electoral Commission’s encouragement of Electoral Registration Officers to work with schools to target attainers as part of their public engagement work, they are (1) aware of, (2) willing to take, and (3) going to take, in respect of the registration levels of (a) 16–17 year olds, and (b) 18–24 year olds. more like this
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno remove filter
star this property uin HL2875 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2014-12-01more like thismore than 2014-12-01
star this property answer text <p>Since the Government introduced online registration in Great Britain, young people (16-24) have been one of the biggest users of the new system. To date, 675,333 16-24 year olds have registered online.</p><p>The Government has also funded the British Youth Council to deliver the UK Youth Parliament and associated activities to encourage young people to register. This includes the Mark Your Mark campaign – the national ballot of young people’s views.</p><p> </p><p>In addition it has made available the Rock Enrol! resource which is free to download on GOV.UK, Guardian Teach and on the Times Educational Supplement website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rock-enrol-engaging-young-people-in-democracy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rock-enrol-engaging-young-people-in-democracy</a></p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire remove filter
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less than 2014-12-01T16:34:03.117Zmore like thismore than 2014-12-01T16:34:03.117Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno more like this
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star this property date less than 2015-01-06more like thismore than 2015-01-06
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Cabinet Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 53 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
star this property hansard heading Electoral Register more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the cost per application for each of the Cabinet Office voter registration Innovation Fund projects. more like this
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno remove filter
star this property uin HL3943 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2015-01-12more like thismore than 2015-01-12
star this property answer text <p>The cost of application to the Cabinet Office innovation fund projects is a matter for the individual organisations.</p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire remove filter
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less than 2015-01-12T14:41:32.3Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-12T14:41:32.3Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno more like this
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star this property date less than 2015-01-06more like thismore than 2015-01-06
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Cabinet Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 53 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
star this property hansard heading Electoral Register more like this
star this property house id 2 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to (1) celebrate, and (2) support, National Voter Registration Day on 5 February. more like this
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno remove filter
star this property uin HL3944 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2015-01-12more like thismore than 2015-01-12
star this property answer text <p>The Government is supportive of organisations and initiatives that promote democratic engagement and voter registration including National Voter Registration Day.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire remove filter
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less than 2015-01-12T14:40:46.357Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-12T14:40:46.357Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno more like this
172362
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star this property date less than 2015-01-06more like thismore than 2015-01-06
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Cabinet Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 53 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
star this property hansard heading Electoral Register: Young People more like this
star this property house id 2 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they intend to ensure that Electoral Registration Officers (1) put in place, and (2) execute, effective plans to give (a) attainers, (b) students and (c) 16 to 24 year-olds more generally, the opportunity to register to vote in advance of the next General Election. more like this
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno remove filter
star this property uin HL3945 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2015-01-16more like thismore than 2015-01-16
star this property answer text <p>Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) are already expected to develop engagement plans to maximise registration levels in their local area, including among young people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government announced on 9 January 2015 that all EROs will receive a share of £6.8 million funding to support their work in driving up registration rates among under registered groups including young people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission monitors the performance of EROs in implementing these plans.</p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire remove filter
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less than 2015-01-16T13:52:38.157Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-16T13:52:38.157Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno more like this
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star this property date less than 2015-01-06more like thismore than 2015-01-06
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Cabinet Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 53 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
star this property hansard heading Electoral Register: Young People more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what additional funding (1) has been, and (2) is being, made available in the current Parliament to (a) Electoral Registration Officers, and (b) democracy organisations, to support youth and student voter registration and voter engagement efforts in the United Kingdom. more like this
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno remove filter
star this property uin HL3946 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2015-01-20more like thismore than 2015-01-20
star this property answer text <p>On 9 January Government announced that almost £10 million will be given to local authorities and to national activity to boost the number of people registering to vote around the country. This is in addition to the £4.2 million announced last year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>£6.8 million of the funding has been allocated to local authorities so that they can expand their programmes of canvassing and other activities aimed at encouraging people to register to vote.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Up to £2.5 million will be used to fund wider activity, including working with national organisations to encourage groups who are not as well represented on the electoral register in general, such as young people including students and overseas voters.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire remove filter
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less than 2015-01-20T17:56:43.487Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-20T17:56:43.487Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno more like this
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star this property date less than 2015-01-15more like thismore than 2015-01-15
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Cabinet Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 53 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
star this property hansard heading Electoral Register more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what date they expect to be able to invite (1) local authorities, and (2) national organisations, to apply for (a) funding to boost voter registration, and (b) funding for wider voter registration activities. more like this
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno remove filter
star this property uin HL4179 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2015-01-22more like thismore than 2015-01-22
star this property answer text <p>I refer the noble peer to the answer I gave on 20 January, <em>Official Report</em>, Column WA299.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government will outline further detail about the use of the funding in due course.</p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire remove filter
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less than 2015-01-22T17:13:28.733Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-22T17:13:28.733Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno more like this
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star this property date less than 2015-01-20more like thismore than 2015-01-20
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Cabinet Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 53 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
star this property hansard heading Electoral Register more like this
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star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 16 January (HL3945), whether Electoral Registration Officers' (EROs) engagement plans to maximise registration levels in their local areas, including among young people, are publicly accessible; if so, where they may be accessed; when EROs will receive their allocations of £6.8 million of funding to support their work in driving up registration rates among under-registered groups; whether any such funding is allocated for work in increasing registration rates among young people; and what (1) measures, and (2) standards, the Electoral Commission employs to monitor the performance of EROs in implementing engagement plans to register attainers, students and other young people. more like this
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno remove filter
star this property uin HL4267 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2015-02-03more like thismore than 2015-02-03
star this property answer text <p>All allocations to Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) in England and Wales have now been paid. In Scotland, where the process differs, EROs have been invited to submit an invoice totaling the sum of their allocation. EROs are best placed to determine the type of activity that will be most effective in maximising registration levels in their local area. This could include activity focused on increasing registration rates among young people.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission continues to monitor ERO progress in this area and to work with ERO’s to help ensure their registers are as accurate and complete as possible by the time of the May 2015 elections</p><p> </p><p>To support EROs in planning for and delivering the transition to Individual Electoral Registration, the Electoral Commission established a new framework of performance standards. This includes the requirement for EROs to have appropriate public engagement strategies in place which are regularly reviewed to ensure they remain suitable to meet local challenges.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
star this property answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire remove filter
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less than 2015-02-03T17:39:19.18Zmore like thismore than 2015-02-03T17:39:19.18Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire more like this
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star this property date less than 2015-01-29more like thismore than 2015-01-29
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Cabinet Office more like this
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unstar this property answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
star this property hansard heading Electoral Register: Young People more like this
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star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of how many eligible 16–24 year old electors (1) are registered to vote, (2) are missing from the electoral registers, (3) (a) may be, and (b) are, incorrectly registered to vote, and (4) have not been matched under the new system of individual electoral registration. more like this
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno remove filter
star this property uin HL4550 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2015-02-12more like thismore than 2015-02-12
star this property answer text <p>The Electoral Commission’s (EC) assessment of the completeness and accuracy of the last electoral registers published under the previous household system is published in the quality of the 2014 electoral registers in Great Britian report. I have placed a copy in the library.</p><p>The Commission will next report on the completeness and accuracy of the electoral registers following the end of the transition to IER, which will either be in December 2015 or December 2016.</p><p>The Commission’s next report on progress in the transition to Individual Electoral Registration (IER) will be published later this month. This will focus on the electoral registers as at 1 December 2014 in England and Wales.</p><p>Almost nine in ten electors were automatically transferred to the new IER register without having to do anything. I have placed the Government's assessment of this process in the library.</p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire remove filter
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less than 2015-02-12T17:27:46.293Zmore like thismore than 2015-02-12T17:27:46.293Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno more like this
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star this property date less than 2015-02-26more like thismore than 2015-02-26
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Cabinet Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 53 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
star this property hansard heading Electoral Register: Young People more like this
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star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the findings of the Electoral Commission on electoral registers published on 24 February and the of the Office for National Statistics published on 26 February, what is (1) the number, and (2) the proportion, of (a) 16 and 17 year-olds, and (b) 18–24 year-olds in each local authority and parliamentary register; whether they will now instruct electoral registration officers to work directly with their local schools and colleges; and what plans they have to ensure that eligible attainers are registered to vote in advance of the 2015 General Election registration deadline on 20 April. more like this
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno remove filter
star this property uin HL5243 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2015-03-09more like thismore than 2015-03-09
star this property answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics published data on the number of attainers on each local authority and parliamentary register in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on 26 February. It can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pop-estimate/electoral-statistics-for-england--wales-and-northern-ireland/2014/stb---2014-ewni-electoral-statistics.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pop-estimate/electoral-statistics-for-england--wales-and-northern-ireland/2014/stb---2014-ewni-electoral-statistics.html</a></p><p> </p><p>It is not however possible to identify the proportion of 16 and 17 year olds and 18 to 24 year olds who have registered as attainers as age information is not captured on electoral registers.</p><p> </p><p>Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) are best placed to understand their local circumstances and every ERO in Great Britain has received a share of £6.8 million funding to encourage voter registration, including among young people and attainers.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government has awarded funding to a number of organisations to promote voter registration. This includes the NUS and other student groups, UK Youth and the British Youth Council, all of which will deliver activity targeted at attainers and young people. The Electoral Commission’s awareness campaign for the General Election also includes a specific focus on attainers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There have been over 1.2 million applications to register to vote from 16-24 year olds since June and over 100,000 applications from attainers since 1 December.</p>
star this property answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire remove filter
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less than 2015-03-09T17:56:03.657Zmore like thismore than 2015-03-09T17:56:03.657Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno more like this