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Question

To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, which local authorities have failed performance standard 3 on house-to-house enquiries; how many times they have failed; and how many times a Cabinet Office regional delivery manager has intervened.


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Gary Streeter
This question was answered on 10th April 2014

The Electoral Commission informs me that in 2013 five Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) reported that they did not meet performance standard 3: Mid Devon; Taunton Deane; Torridge; West Devon; and West Somerset. The table below shows the number of times these EROs have not met this standard.

Table: Number of times those EROS not meeting standard 3 in 2013 have not met this standard.

ERO

Number of times not met

Years in which not met

Mid Devon

4

2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

Taunton Deane

3

2011, 2012, 2013

Torridge

2

2012, 2013

West Devon

4

2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

West Somerset

4

2009, 2011, 2012, 2013

The Commission is in the process of conducting a detailed analysis of EROs' electoral registration data from the 2013 canvass, following which it will publish its final assessment of EROs' performance in 2013.

The Cabinet Office has established a network of Regional Delivery Managers to monitor EROs' readiness for the transition to individual electoral registration in 2014. However, the Commission does not have specific details of the activities undertaken by these all of these officials.

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