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As part of the UK’s integrated approach to emergency management, the Cabinet Office works with other government departments, devolved administrations, emergency responders and other organisations to enhance the UK’s ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies. The effectiveness of these arrangements are regularly reviewed. <\/p>

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The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. I have asked IPSA to reply.<\/p>

Letter from Andrew McDonald, 3/10/2014 2013:<\/em><\/p>

As Chief Executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking about IPSA's Contingency Panel.<\/p>

The rules concerning the Contingency Panel are set out at Paragraph 10.12 of the MPs' Scheme of Business Costs and Expenses.<\/p>

They set out that in relation to each application the Contingency Panel will consider:<\/p>

a. whether there are exceptional circumstances warranting additional support;<\/p>

b. whether the MP could reasonably have been expected to take any action to avoid the circumstances which gave rise to the expenditure or liability; and<\/p>

c. whether the MP's performance of parliamentary functions will be significantly impaired by a refusal of the claim.<\/p>

Given the significant increase in staffing budgets made in 2012/13, we have not provided contingency funding for MPs' staffing expenditure budgets on the basis of increased casework in 2013/14.<\/p><\/blockquote>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1493", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Charles Walker"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Broxbourne"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Charles Walker"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-03-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-03-18T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "90"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-03-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what criteria the IPSA Contingency Panel used to grant uplifts to hon. Members' staffing expenditure budgets in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/35", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Bob Russell"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Colchester"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Bob Russell"} ], "uin" : "190930"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/41947", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Speaker's Committee for Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/41947/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. I have asked IPSA to reply.<\/p>

Letter from Andrew McDonald, 3/10/2014 2013:<\/em><\/p>

As Chief Executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking about IPSA's Contingency Panel.<\/p>

In 2012/13 the highest uplift approved by the Contingency Panel was £13,909 and the lowest was £600.<\/p>

In 2013/14 to date, the highest has been £17,900 and the lowest £600.<\/p>

<\/p>

These figures do not include other uplifts to provide cover for staff on maternity, paternity, adoption and long term sick leave.<\/p><\/blockquote>

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I was first made aware of the existence of the administrative scheme for on-the-runs when in opposition.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/16", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Dominic Grieve"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Beaconsfield"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Dominic Grieve"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-03-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-03-26T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-03-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, when he was first made aware of the existence of the administrative scheme for on-the-runs.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1388", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Belfast North"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Nigel Dodds"} ], "uin" : "190834"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/41403", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/41403/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

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

The Government welcomes initiatives that promote democratic engagement, such as the British Youth Council’s Make Your Mark campaign and the recent Parliament Week programme. In February it announced that all 363 local authorities and valuation joint boards in Great Britain, and five national organisations, will share £4.2 million funding to promote voter registration.<\/p>

<\/p>

The Government continues to consider further ways to promote voter registration and welcomes discussions with national organisations about such initiatives.<\/p>

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The Electoral Commission informs me that in its January 2014 Electoral Fraud review http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/164609/Electoral-fraud-review-final-report.pdf<\/a>, it identified 16 local authority areas in England where there appears to be a greater risk of cases of electoral fraud being reported. This greater risk is specific to individual wards within those 16 local authority areas. <\/p>

The areas that the Commission has identified are:<\/p>