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805117

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many claims for services and expenses of returning officers in connection with the EU referendum are (a) have been settled and (b) remain outstanding; and if he will publish the cost of those payments.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	118789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Over two thirds of expenses claims from Counting Officers at the EU Referendum have been finalised. The remaining, outstanding claims are currently being processed. Once all claims have been processed and approved, the Commission will publish the information on its website.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 14/12/2017 16:09:25 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

805118

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to ensure that people without a fixed address are able to register to vote ahead of the May 2018 Local Elections.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	118790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission will run a multimedia campaign ahead of the May 2018 local elections to encourage all eligible people to register to vote.</p><p>This campaign will include work, building on previous partnerships with organisations including The Traveller Movement and Shelter, to provide resources and information to support those with no fixed address to register to vote. Partners, including local authority communication departments, will be encouraged to share these via their own networks at a local level.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 14/12/2017 16:11:14 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

805124

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will make issue guidance on (a) registering to vote and (b) participating in elections for parents and families of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	118796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>There should be no barriers to voting for any person with a disability. The Commission has prepared an Easy Read form which people with a learning disability are able to use to apply to register to vote. The form is available on the Commission’s website and promoted to Electoral Registration Officers via the Commission’s bulletin for administrators.</p><p>The Commission has ongoing partnerships with Mencap, Mencap Cymru, Mencap Northern Ireland and Enable Scotland; it is committed to providing ongoing support to these partners with joint Easy Read guides and other resources, to provide information on how to register and take part in elections for parents and families of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 14/12/2017 16:13:23 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

805126

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Polling Stations: Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what training and guidance polling station staff receive before elections on the (a) challenges faced by and (b) support available to people with a learning disability.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	118798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Ahead of any election, the Commission provides resources for Returning Officers including training material, to ensure anyone who is eligible to vote is able to do so with confidence. It is the responsibility of Returning Officers to deliver training to polling station staff.</p><p>The Commission’s Polling Station Handbook contains specific guidance for polling station staff on what support any person with a learning disability can request in order to be able to cast their vote.</p><p>The Commission’s recent ‘Elections for Everyone’ report – which looks specifically at issues of access to elections for those with disabilities – contains a number of recommendations to ensure there are no barriers to any person with a learning disability being able to cast their vote.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 14/12/2017 16:16:30 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

758288

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many voters were wrongly excluded from the electoral list at the 2017 General Election; and in which constituencies those exclusions took place.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	9114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission does not hold data on the number of voters wrongly excluded from the electoral register at the 2017 UK general election.</p><p> </p><p>The electoral register is managed by individual Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) at local authorities. They are legally responsible for determining if an application to register to vote is from an eligible individual.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 11/09/2017 15:23:44 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

754874

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much the Commission has spent on direct advertising to increase registration of (a) young people aged 18 to 25 and (b) members of the expatriate community.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	6348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission undertakes voter registration and public awareness campaigns in the lead up to each major poll, including advertising targeted directly at recognised under-registered groups such as people aged 18 to 25 and UK citizens living overseas.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below gives totals for advertising placed explicitly and exclusively to target these two audiences in the two campaigns run in the lead up to polls in May and June 2017. For the May elections, the figures include advertising targeted at 16-17 year olds given the lower voting age for these polls in Scotland.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Poll</p></td><td><p>16/18 to 25 year olds</p></td><td><p>UK citizens living overseas</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May 2017 local elections</strong></p></td><td><p>£37,500</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UK general election</strong></p></td><td><p>£8,100</p></td><td><p>£14,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>People within these categories are also likely to see advertising which reaches them as part of different target groups (such as recent home movers), wider age groups (such as 18-35 year olds) or indeed advertising targeted at the general population. It is not possible to disaggregate these figures and include them here.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 05/09/2017 09:41:55 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

754875

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what data the Commission holds on how many 18 to 25-year olds live in each parliamentary constituency; and how many and what proportion of those people in each such constituency are registered to vote.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	6349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission does not hold data on the number of 18 to 25-year olds living or registered to vote in UK Parliamentary constituencies.</p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission’s most recent report on the accuracy and completeness of the electoral registers in Great Britain, which related to the 1 December 2015 registers, estimated that 71% of 20 to 24-year olds and 51% of 18 to 19-year olds were registered to vote at a current address.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 05/09/2017 09:45:27 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

754876

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Ballot Papers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many and what proportion of postal ballot papers were declared null and void in each of the last five general elections.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	6350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission collected data from Returning Officers for all UK constituencies following the UK Parliamentary general elections in 2001, 2005, 2010 and 2015. The numbers of postal votes rejected by Returning Officers were as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Postal ballots issued</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Postal ballots returned</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Postal ballots rejected</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Postal ballots rejected (% of those returned)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>1,758,055</p></td><td><p>1,402,073</p></td><td><p>31,189</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>5,362,501</p></td><td><p>4,110,039</p></td><td><p>146,247</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>6,996,006</p></td><td><p>5,818,853</p></td><td><p>221,988</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>7,592,735</p></td><td><p>6,516,228</p></td><td><p>214,155</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Commission is collecting data from Returning Officers following the UK Parliamentary general election in June 2017. This data will be published in September 2017.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 05/09/2017 09:47:43 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

754205

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Elections: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Committee is taking to tackle voter fraud.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	900617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Commission has recommended since 2014 that an accessible proof of identity scheme should be developed and implemented for polling station voters in Great Britain. This would address the current absence of effective checks against personation and improve public confidence. The Commission notes that the Government has stated its intention to bring forward legislation during the current Parliament, to ensure that a form of identification must be presented before voting.</p><p>Prior to the general election on 8 June, the Commission produced detailed guidance to help (Acting) Returning Officers and police forces to put in place plans to prevent and detect electoral fraud. The Commission also continued its successful partnership with Crime Stoppers, the anonymous crime reporting charity, to make sure people could report concerns about electoral fraud.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 20/07/2017 12:40:54 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

731508

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many instances of voters being wrongly excluded from the electoral list were identified at the 2015 General Election; and in which constituencies such exclusions took place.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission collected data from Returning Officers for all UK constituencies following the UK Parliamentary General Election on 7 May 2015. The data shows that an estimated 12,803 people tried to vote on polling day and were unregistered.</p><p>This number is based on data from 418 constituencies, as not all Returning Officers provided data and of those that did, some of the data provided was approximate. Figures for each constituency are available on the Electoral Commission’s website at <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0011/191648/UKPGE-turnout-postal-rejected-admin-amended-WEB.xlsx" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0011/191648/UKPGE-turnout-postal-rejected-admin-amended-WEB.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 17/07/2017 16:07:01 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann