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759607

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 15 December 2016 to Question 57073, what the cost to the public purse of the gov.uk Verify system has been to date.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	10203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>There are no more recent audited figures than those published in the answer of 15<br>December 2016 to Question 57073, GOV.UK Verify has cost £54.4m to develop and has<br>saved £111.44m.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/10/2017 12:17:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

759608

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Returning Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to codify the roles and responsibilities of tellers at polling stations.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	10231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>Guidance on the roles and responsibilities of tellers is already produced by the Electoral<br>Commission. Tellers must also act in accordance with any further guidance provided by<br>the relevant Returning Officer or their staff. There are currently no plans to put such<br>guidance on a statutory footing.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 18/10/2017 14:51:08 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

759609

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the timetable is to bring forward proposals on the registration of people in (i) universities, (ii) colleges, (iii) residential care homes and (iv) houses in multiple occupation.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	10233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government intends to publish a democratic engagement strategy addressing<br>registration issues in late 2017.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 18/10/2017 14:47:57 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

759610

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the timetable is to bring forward proposals to tackle duplicate voter registrations.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	10234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is committed to finding an appropriate approach to reducing the burden of duplicate applications while ensuring that unnecessary barriers to registration are avoided. The fact that millions of people have taken the step of applying to register online shows it was right to introduce the website as part of Individual Electoral Registration.</p><p>We have already taken steps to limit unnecessary duplicate applications to register. For example during the recent general election we added a new page to the website to guide people away from making applications when they did not need to.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 18/10/2017 14:45:55 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

759612

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the timetable is to bring forward proposals to improve data-sharing in the voter registration process.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	10232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>Electoral Returning Officers (EROs) already have wide powers to access data to improve<br>the quality of the register. The Cabinet Office is working with administrators and their<br>representatives and the Electoral Commission to investigate additional potential use of<br>data to aid EROs in their registration duties.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/10/2017 14:39:16 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

759613

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Absent Voting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an attestation arrangement for postal vote applications requiring a signature waiver.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	10236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>Sir Eric Pickles’ review of Electoral Fraud, published in August 2016, recommended<br>introducing an attestation requirement for postal vote applications requiring a signature<br>waiver</p><p>The Government supports this recommendation and will be seeking to consider, in<br>conjunction with the Association of Electoral Administrators and the Electoral Commission,<br>how this might be implemented in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 18/10/2017 14:52:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

759614

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ballot Papers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing the absolute requirement to count unused ballot papers as a part of the verification process and replacing that requirement with a requirement to do so only where the returning officer considers it appropriate.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	10263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>We consider elections processes and policy on an ongoing basis, and are working with the<br>Association of Electoral Administrators and Electoral Commission to consider the<br>development and improvement of existing processes, including in relation to the<br>procedures for the counting of votes at elections.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 18/10/2017 14:57:22 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

759616

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that expenses claims submitted to the Election Claims Unit are audited and settled within six months of their receipt.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	10265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>Returning Officers have six months in which to submit an account of spending on a poll<br>funded from the Consolidated Fund. The vast majority of these claims are received by the<br>ECU in the last month before the deadline. This raises an issue with processing the<br>claims, many of which require significant work, within six months of receipt, including how<br>quickly queries on a claim are responded to by Returning Officers</p><p>We are looking at the process with the Association of Electoral Administrators to identify<br>how it may best be operated.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 18/10/2017 14:33:46 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

759617

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will conduct a review of all election and electoral registration deadlines which includes the consideration of deadlines for the registration of electors, overseas electors and absent voting.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	10266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government keeps elections processes and policy under review and Cabinet Office<br>officials are actively discussing timetables and other processes with the Association of<br>Electoral Administrators and the Electoral Commission to understand the issues and<br>identify practicable solutions that put electors first.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/10/2017 14:40:39 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

759619

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Constituencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving (a) electoral registration officers the responsibility for the subdivision of UK parliamentary constituencies into polling districts and (b) returning officers the responsibility for the designation of polling places within those districts.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	10268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>We consider that the current arrangements, whereby local authorities are responsible for<br>designating polling places and carrying out reviews, ensure that there is a clear and<br>consistent approach, and clear lines of accountability, in the designation of polling districts<br>and places. There are no plans to change these existing arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 18/10/2017 14:46:47 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith