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1055923

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the process by which people travelling overseas are able to register to vote by proxy.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	217505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>Electors who are registered to vote but will be travelling abroad during the time of an election are able to apply for a proxy vote for that particular poll or polls. The application must be made in writing, it must include specific information about the elector and their proxy, and the reason for applying for a proxy.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 11/02/2019 10:30:56 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1047782

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
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, what assessment he has made of the ease with which people travelling abroad can register to vote by proxy.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	212340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The cost to taxpayers of delivering the 2016 EU Referendum was £129.1 million. A breakdown of that cost is provided in the report published by the Electoral Commission.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The then Government undertook publicity on EU membership ahead of the referendum. This cost an additional £9.3 million.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The total cost to taxpayers was thus £138.4 million</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Electors who are registered to vote but will be travelling abroad during the time of an election are able to apply for a proxy vote for that particular poll or polls. The application must be made in writing, it must include specific information about the elector and their proxy, and the reason for applying for a proxy.</ins></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 29/01/2019 09:42:51 question first ministerially corrected 07/02/2019 16:30:44 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 97720 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1007845

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen the integrity of the postal voting system.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	191906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The British public deserves to have confidence in our democracy and the Government is committed to ensuring that our electoral system is fit for the future.</p><p>Next year, Peterborough and Pendle will be piloting measures to improve the integrity of the postal and proxy vote process. This builds on similar pilots in 2018.</p><p>In addition, the Government is looking to introduce measures which will prohibit party campaigners from handling postal votes, and apply a limit to the number of postal ballots that any one individual can hand in at a polling station. The provisions will be backed up by a new offence, and will make a significant contribution to enhancing the security of postal voting. There is currently a Government supported Private Members’ Bill in the House of Commons looking to introduce this policy.</p><p>The Government is considering the way forward on the other recommendations made by Sir Eric Pickles, a number of which relate to absent voting, and will continue to consider how to improve the integrity of electoral processes more generally.</p><p>The Government is committed to strengthening our electoral processes and enhancing public confidence in the rigour of those democratic processes.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 23/11/2018 11:43:24 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

989467

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
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 undertake a review of the (a) reasons and (b) extent of increases in postal and proxy vote applications in constituencies in (i) Northern Ireland and (ii) England in advance of any changes required to the system for such applications for the next General Election.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	180655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government will continue to keep electoral legislation, for all non-devolved polls, under review and consider what changes, if any, may be required before the next General Election.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to undertake such a review. Relevant to postal and proxy working more generally, the Government responded to the Review in December 2016, addressing each of the concerns raised in turn, setting out a number of measures for tackling the risk of fraud. The Government is considering the way forward on the recommendations made by Sir Eric Pickles, a number of which relate to absent voting, and will continue to consider how to improve the integrity of electoral processes more generally.</p><p> </p><p>Changes to electoral law in Northern Ireland are a matter for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/10/2018 15:56:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

915143

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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, what the implications are for the Government's policies of recommendation 17 of the report of the Association of Electoral Administrators entitled It’s time for urgent and positive Government action: The AEA’s review of the 2017 local government elections and the UK Parliamentary general election, published in September 2017, on the Government introducing a process to cancel a postal ballot paper issued to an elector who is subsequently deleted from the electoral register during an election period as a matter of urgency.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	148935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>Electoral law is clear that a person must be included in the register of electors for a poll in order to be entitled to vote at that poll. The Government recognises that it is possible for postal ballot papers to be issued to a postal voter who may subsequently be removed from the register to be used at the poll. The Electoral Commission has issued guidance explaining that postal ballot papers returned under these circumstances cannot be counted. We will look to review the current provisions on the cancellation of postal ballot papers to see whether improvements can be made to the law in this area.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/06/2018 14:04:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

915144

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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, what the implications are for the Government's policies of recommendation 18 of the report of the Association of Electoral Administrators entitled It’s time for urgent and positive Government action: The AEA’s review of the 2017 local government elections and the UK Parliamentary general election, published in September 2017, on the Government undertaking a review a full and thorough review of absent voting arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	148936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>We consider elections processes and policy on an ongoing basis, and are working with the electoral stakeholders to consider the development and improvement of existing processes, including in relation to the procedures for absent voting arrangements.</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/06/2018 14:08:37 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

869515

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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, how his Department plans to evaluate the postal vote pilots; what indicators will be used to measure the success of those pilots; what methods will be used to collect the information relating to those pilots; who will be responsible for implementing the evaluation plan; and how and when the results of that evaluation will be shared.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	134029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The British public deserves to have confidence in our democracy and the Government is committed to making sure that our electoral system is fit for the future.</p><p>Woking, Gosport, Bromley, Swindon and Watford have committed to pilot voter ID in May 2018 and Tower Hamlets, Slough and Peterborough are piloting measures to improve the security of the postal vote process.</p><p>The pilot authorities, Cabinet Office and the Electoral Commission have worked collaboratively to agree what information will be collected from the pilots and how it will be collected.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is responsible for carrying out an independent, statutory evaluation of the pilot schemes and will publish its findings following the May elections, in the summer of 2018.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 134027 question first answered 27/03/2018 13:09:03 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith