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<\/p>

All Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) have received funding, based on their levels of under-registration, to support local activities to maximise registration, as part of the transition to Individual Electoral Registration. EROs are best placed to decide how to improve the completeness and accuracy of their registers.<\/p>

<\/p>

Performance Standard one of the Electoral Commission's framework encourages EROs to use local data sources to build understanding of local challenges and to identify potential new electors. The Electoral Commission monitors and reports on the performance of EROs against the performance standards. All EROs met performance standard one in 2012 and the Commission will report on the 2013 performance shortly. <\/p>

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The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.<\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1561", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Nick Hurd"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/42985/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "PQ 192116.pdf"} , "title" : "Size of Electorate - ONS Letter"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-03-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-03-18T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "53"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-03-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the size of the electorate was (a) the year before and (b) two years after the coming into force of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/534", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Ruane"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Vale of Clwyd"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chris Ruane"} ], "uin" : "192116"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/42986", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Deputy Prime Minister"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/42986/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

<\/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 to maximise registration. <\/p>

<\/p>

They have been provided with guidance to support them in evaluating the success of activity delivered through this funding. Cabinet Office officials will continue to work closely with funding recipients to monitor and measure the outcomes. <\/p>

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The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1561", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Nick Hurd"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/42987/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "PQ 192135 ONS108.pdf"} , "title" : "Level of Personal Debt - ONS Letter"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-03-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-03-18T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "53"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-03-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the level of personal debt was in (a) the UK, (b) Stockport Metropolitan Borough, (c) Tameside Metropolitan Borough and (d) Denton and Reddish constituency in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1506", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Gwynne"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Denton and Reddish"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Andrew Gwynne"} ], "uin" : "192135"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/42988", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Deputy Prime Minister"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/42988/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

<\/p>

All Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) have received funding, based on their levels of under-registration, to help with the costs of local activities to maximise registration, as part of the transition to Individual Electoral Registration. <\/p>

<\/p>

Funding allocations were based on the number of non-registered people, comparing the size of the register to the 16+ population. An element was based on the number of 16-18 year olds to encourage activity in schools to register attainers. <\/p>

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The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.<\/p>

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<\/p>

Further to the Allotments Act 1925, applications for consent to dispose of allotment land are submitted to the Department by local councils (parish councils and principal authorities). The table below shows the breakdown of applications since May 2010.<\/p>

<\/p>
<\/td>

Granted<\/em><\/p><\/td>

Withdrawn<\/em><\/p><\/td>

Refused<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

May 2010- March 2011<\/p><\/td>

18<\/p><\/td>

6<\/p><\/td>

0<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011-12<\/p><\/td>

17<\/p><\/td>

5<\/p><\/td>

0<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012-13<\/p><\/td>

15<\/p><\/td>

2<\/p><\/td>

1<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013-14<\/p><\/td>

17<\/p><\/td>

1<\/p><\/td>

4<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014-15 to date<\/p><\/td>

1<\/p><\/td>

1<\/p><\/td>

0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

To place this in context, the Secretary of State granted 34 allotment disposals in 2007, granted 22 in 2008 and granted 18 in 2009, whilst only 2 were declined, which is a greater rate than under this Administration.<\/p>

I observe that the rt. hon. Member has been quoted in the media attacking such consents. He would have been wiser however to have undertaken a closer examination of the 68 individual consents granted to the local councils since May 2010.<\/p>

The table below provides some context to help explain why there was a reasonable case by the representative local bodies for changing the statutory status of the land.<\/p>

In January 2014, my Department published Allotment Disposal Guidance: Safeguards and Alternatives<\/em> replacing the previous guidance from 2002. The new guidance strengthens allotment protection, as the requirement for waiting lists to be taken into account must now be rigorously applied to all that council's waiting lists, not just the waiting list for the site to be disposed of. This aims to ensure that poorly maintained sites are not used to justify disposal. Ministers will be closely monitoring to ensure that this new guidance is followed.<\/p>

Notwithstanding, I have taken the opportunity to analyse these previous cases in the table below. The National Allotment Society was consulted in every case, and nine out of ten decisions were consistent with advice from the National Allotment Society (where advice was given); the remaining cases where the advice diverged related to land not actually in use as allotments, requiring a judgement call on whether it was realistic to bring the land back into productive use.<\/p>

Having analysed these approvals, I can note that half of the land disposed was not actually in use as allotments. Moreover, in every case where existing allotment plot holders were displaced, evidence from local authorities indicates that alternative plots were made available to them.<\/p>

More new plots were proposed to be created and/or vacant sites proposed to be brought back into use than the number of proposed disposals of in-use allotment plots. Consequently, the statutory disposal process overseen by the Secretary of State since May 2010 should have resulted in an increase<\/strong> in allotment provision not a reduction. This reflects this Government's commitment both to supporting local communities grow their own food and to protecting important community assets.<\/p>

<\/p>

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<\/p>

Planning is a quasi-judicial process; it is a long-standing feature of the planning system that there is a right of appeal, just as there are with other local quasi-judicial decisions such as on licensing applications, gambling applications or parking fines.<\/p>

The table below shows planning appeal decisions by calendar year. To assist public scrutiny, I have provided comparative figures for a similar period before 2010.<\/p>

<\/p>

Council<\/em><\/p><\/td>

Calendar Year<\/em><\/p><\/td>

Allowed<\/em><\/p><\/td>

Split<\/em><\/p><\/td>

Dismissed<\/em><\/p><\/td>

Total<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/thead>

Stockport<\/p><\/td>

2007<\/p><\/td>

20<\/p><\/td>

3<\/p><\/td>

27<\/p><\/td>

50<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2008<\/p><\/td>

15<\/p><\/td>

1<\/p><\/td>

29<\/p><\/td>

45<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009<\/p><\/td>

19<\/p><\/td>

0<\/p><\/td>

28<\/p><\/td>

47<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010<\/p><\/td>

14<\/p><\/td>

0<\/p><\/td>

18<\/p><\/td>

32<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011<\/p><\/td>

5<\/p><\/td>

0<\/p><\/td>

8<\/p><\/td>

13<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012<\/p><\/td>

3<\/p><\/td>

0<\/p><\/td>

10<\/p><\/td>

13<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013<\/p><\/td>

8<\/p><\/td>

0<\/p><\/td>

9<\/p><\/td>

17<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Tameside<\/p><\/td>

2007<\/p><\/td>

15<\/p><\/td>

2<\/p><\/td>

21<\/p><\/td>

38<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2008<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td>

0<\/p><\/td>

15<\/p><\/td>

22<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009<\/p><\/td>

8<\/p><\/td>

0<\/p><\/td>

11<\/p><\/td>

19<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010<\/p><\/td>

3<\/p><\/td>

0<\/p><\/td>

12<\/p><\/td>

15<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011<\/p><\/td>

8<\/p><\/td>

0<\/p><\/td>

5<\/p><\/td>

13<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012<\/p><\/td>

2<\/p><\/td>

0<\/p><\/td>

5<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013<\/p><\/td>

2<\/p><\/td>

0<\/p><\/td>

10<\/p><\/td>

12<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Whilst the precise number of appeals will fluctuate from year to year, this table shows that the absolute number of appeals both (a) received and (b) allowed has fallen in recent years.<\/p>

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The Government's proposals introduced to the House of Commons on 10 July 2012 included plans to end hereditary peerages altogether.The Government has no further specific plans to legislate in this area. Currently anyone in this position has every right to disclaim the title should they so wish. <\/p>

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Eighteen people have disclaimed their titles since the passage of the 1963 Peerage Act, the first being the late Tony Benn. Of those disclaimed peerages, seven have subsequently been claimed by the entitled heir. <\/p>

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