Asked by: Lord Hughes of Woodside (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many electors have been added to the electoral register of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland since 2016; and what percentage this represents in each case.
Answered by Lord Young of Cookham
Information on annual deletions from and additions to the electoral registers by nation is not held centrally by the Government. Each Electoral Registration Officer maintains their own register for the area for which they are responsible. Headline registration statistics are collated and published annually by the Office for National Statistics.
Asked by: Lord Hughes of Woodside (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many electors were removed from the electoral registers of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in each year since the EU referendum in 2016; and what percentage of the register this represents.
Answered by Lord Young of Cookham
Information on annual deletions from and additions to the electoral registers by nation is not held centrally by the Government. Each Electoral Registration Officer maintains their own register for the area for which they are responsible. Headline registration statistics are collated and published annually by the Office for National Statistics.
Asked by: Lord Hughes of Woodside (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen on 28 September (HL1957), how many full-time equivalent staff are employed on work for the Joint Anti-Corruption Unit; and what are the (1) staff, and (2) other, costs of that unit.
Answered by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
7.6 full-time equivalent staff currently work in the Cabinet Office's Joint Anti-Corruption Unit (JACU). Staff and other costs are included in the figures set out in the Cabinet Office Annual Report. The last report, 2015-2016, is published on Gov.UK website. The next departmental report will be published at the end of the financial year 2016/17.
Asked by: Lord Hughes of Woodside (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen on 12 September (HL Deb, col 1308), what are the remit and terms of appointment of the anti-corruption champion, and what staffing and financial support arrangements have been put in place to assist him in carrying out his duties.
Answered by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
The Anti-Corruption Champion, Sir Eric Pickles, is a personal appointment of the Prime Minister. The main elements of the Champion’s role were set out in the UK's Anti-Corruption Action Plan and include: scrutinising the performance of departments and agencies, as co-chair of the Inter-Ministerial Group on Anti-Corruption; responsibility, along with Home Office Ministers, for approval of the UK’s Anti-Corruption Plan and for parliamentary and public accountability of the Government’s performance against the Plan; responsibility, along with other Ministers, for leading the UK’s push to strengthen the international response to corruption; and a mandate to engage with external stakeholders, including business and civil society organisations. The Champion is supported by the Joint Anti-Corruption Unit.