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426436

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which organisations have received government funding to assist their efforts to compile a complete electoral register.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL3375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government provided £14 million across 2013/14 and 2014/15 to support the costs of activities at a local and national level to maximise the number of people on the electoral register. This includes allocating funding to local authorities and national organisations.</p><p>The following organisations received funding to target under registered groups:</p><p>Active Citizens FE</p><p>Bite the Ballot</p><p>British Youth Council</p><p>Citizens Advice</p><p>Citizens UK</p><p>Gingerbread</p><p>Operation Black Vote</p><p>The Hansard Society</p><p>Homeless Link</p><p>National Association of Managers of Student Service</p><p>National Union of Students</p><p>Scottish Youth Parliament</p><p>Sixth Form Colleges Association</p><p>The Royal Mencap Society</p><p>The Student Room</p><p>The Tab</p><p>UK Youth</p><p>UpRising</p><p>vInspired</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 19/11/2015 16:59:21 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

423178

registered interest
date	22/10/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the electoral register is as complete as possible by the end of March 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>We are working with Local Authorities, the Electoral Commission and Civil Society groups to find better ways of reaching and encouraging under registered groups to register, as the Minister for Constitutional Reform set out in his recent speech on voter engagement. This can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/vision-for-electoral-registration-speech-by-john-penrose.</p><p>Online registration is making the process notably quicker, easier and more convenient for everybody, but particularly for under-registered groups like young people; 2.9 million 16-24 year olds have applied since June 2014. Completing the implementation of Individual Electoral Registration will also help, by giving an accurate picture of registration levels that isn’t artificially inflated or flattered by people who have either died or moved away.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 05/11/2015 17:18:59 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

174840

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 16 January (HL3945), whether Electoral Registration Officers' (EROs) engagement plans to maximise registration levels in their local areas, including among young people, are publicly accessible; if so, where they may be accessed; when EROs will receive their allocations of £6.8 million of funding to support their work in driving up registration rates among under-registered groups; whether any such funding is allocated for work in increasing registration rates among young people; and what (1) measures, and (2) standards, the Electoral Commission employs to monitor the performance of EROs in implementing engagement plans to register attainers, students and other young people.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>All allocations to Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) in England and Wales have now been paid. In Scotland, where the process differs, EROs have been invited to submit an invoice totaling the sum of their allocation. EROs are best placed to determine the type of activity that will be most effective in maximising registration levels in their local area. This could include activity focused on increasing registration rates among young people.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission continues to monitor ERO progress in this area and to work with ERO’s to help ensure their registers are as accurate and complete as possible by the time of the May 2015 elections</p><p> </p><p>To support EROs in planning for and delivering the transition to Individual Electoral Registration, the Electoral Commission established a new framework of performance standards. This includes the requirement for EROs to have appropriate public engagement strategies in place which are regularly reviewed to ensure they remain suitable to meet local challenges.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 03/02/2015 17:39:19 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

174076

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what date they expect to be able to invite (1) local authorities, and (2) national organisations, to apply for (a) funding to boost voter registration, and (b) funding for wider voter registration activities.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the noble peer to the answer I gave on 20 January, <em>Official Report</em>, Column WA299.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government will outline further detail about the use of the funding in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 22/01/2015 17:13:28 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

172360

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the cost per application for each of the Cabinet Office voter registration Innovation Fund projects.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL3943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The cost of application to the Cabinet Office innovation fund projects is a matter for the individual organisations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 12/01/2015 14:41:32 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

172361

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to (1) celebrate, and (2) support, National Voter Registration Day on 5 February.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL3944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government is supportive of organisations and initiatives that promote democratic engagement and voter registration including National Voter Registration Day.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 12/01/2015 14:40:46 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

155691

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 17 November (HL2522), what action, on top of the Electoral Commission’s encouragement of Electoral Registration Officers to work with schools to target attainers as part of their public engagement work, they are (1) aware of, (2) willing to take, and (3) going to take, in respect of the registration levels of (a) 16–17 year olds, and (b) 18–24 year olds.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>Since the Government introduced online registration in Great Britain, young people (16-24) have been one of the biggest users of the new system. To date, 675,333 16-24 year olds have registered online.</p><p>The Government has also funded the British Youth Council to deliver the UK Youth Parliament and associated activities to encourage young people to register. This includes the Mark Your Mark campaign – the national ballot of young people’s views.</p><p> </p><p>In addition it has made available the Rock Enrol! resource which is free to download on GOV.UK, Guardian Teach and on the Times Educational Supplement website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rock-enrol-engaging-young-people-in-democracy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rock-enrol-engaging-young-people-in-democracy</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 01/12/2014 16:34:03 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

101713

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they now expect from (1) the Cabinet Office, (2) the Electoral Commission, and (3) local Electoral Registration Officers as regards (a) the estimated proportion of those attaining the age of 18 who are registered to vote, and (b) the decline in the match rate of those attaining the age of 18 under the new system of individual electoral registration.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p><strong>Through matching against government records, almost 9 in 10 electors in England and Wales were automatically transferred to the new register. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The Government has funded Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to write to all electors confirming whether they have matched, and inviting those that did not register under Individual Electoral Registration to do so. Non-responders will receive two written reminders and a visit from a canvasser. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The Electoral Commission’s national awareness campaign includes activity aimed at young people. The Commission has encouraged EROs to work with schools to target attainers as part of their public engagement work. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Online registration makes registering to vote simpler and quicker than ever before for nearly all electors - 530,511 16-24 year olds have applied since 11 July 2014.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 17/11/2014 14:31:22 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno