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  • Helen Jones – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    Helen Jones – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2014-03-11.

    To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in Warrington North constituency in the recent confirmation dry run.

    Gary Streeter

    The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match.

    Results for all wards are available on the Commission’s website here: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls

    The ward results for the Warrington North constituency were as follows:

    Ward

    Green matches

    Amber matches

    Red matches

    Birchwood

    83.9%

    1.1%

    14.9%

    Burtonwood and Winwick

    83.4%

    2.3%

    14.3%

    Culcheth Glazebury and Croft

    85.5%

    1.5%

    12.9%

    Fairfield and Howley

    75.1%

    1.8%

    23.1%

    Orford

    83.7%

    1.5%

    14.8%

    Poplars and Hulme

    83.9%

    1.0%

    15.2%

    Poulton North

    84.0%

    1.1%

    14.9%

    Poulton South

    86.9%

    0.8%

    12.3%

    Rixton and Woolston

    86.7%

    1.3%

    12.0%

    Westbrook

    83.4%

    1.5%

    15.0%

    “

  • Paul Blomfield – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    Paul Blomfield – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Blomfield on 2014-03-11.

    To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in Sheffield.

    Gary Streeter

    The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match.

    Results for all wards are available on the Commission’s website here:

    http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls

    The ward results for Sheffield City Council were as follows:

    Ward

    Green matches

    Amber matches

    Red matches

    Arbourthorne

    82.3%

    1.2%

    16.5%

    Beauchief & Greenhill

    85.6%

    0.9%

    13.5%

    Beighton

    87.2%

    0.7%

    12.1%

    Birley

    87.2%

    1.0%

    11.8%

    Broomhill

    37.5%

    2.8%

    59.7%

    Burngreave

    75.7%

    3.9%

    20.5%

    Central

    34.9%

    3.1%

    62.1%

    Crookes

    65.7%

    0.9%

    33.4%

    Darnall

    77.5%

    3.1%

    19.4%

    Dore & Totley

    86.1%

    1.2%

    12.7%

    East Ecclesfield

    86.2%

    1.0%

    12.7%

    Ecclesall

    81.8%

    1.2%

    17.0%

    Firth Park

    82.6%

    1.8%

    15.7%

    Fulwood

    62.8%

    1.3%

    35.9%

    Gleadless Valley

    79.3%

    1.7%

    19.0%

    Graves Park

    82.9%

    1.1%

    16.0%

    Hillsborough

    81.7%

    1.4%

    17.0%

    Manor Castle

    76.5%

    1.5%

    22.0%

    Mosborough

    85.6%

    0.9%

    13.4%

    Nether Edge

    69.4%

    2.7%

    27.9%

    Richmond

    86.1%

    1.1%

    12.8%

    Shiregreen & Brightside

    82.9%

    1.4%

    15.6%

    Southey

    84.8%

    1.1%

    14.1%

    Stannington

    84.9%

    1.8%

    13.3%

    Stocksbridge & Upper Don

    85.2%

    1.8%

    13.0%

    Walkley

    69.5%

    1.7%

    28.8%

    West Ecclesfield

    87.9%

    0.8%

    11.3%

    Woodhouse

    86.1%

    1.3%

    12.6%

    “

  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-03-11.

    To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many voters in (a) London, (b) each London borough and (c) each parliamentary constituency in London could not be matched as part of the recent confirmation dry run carried out by the Electoral Commission.

    Gary Streeter

    The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match. This work was carried out by the Cabinet Office and not directly by the Electoral Commission.

    The red and amber results for London, each London borough and each parliamentary constituency in London were as follows:

    LONDON

    Red

    Amber

    London

    1,523,114

    280,337

    LONDON BOROUGH

    Red

    Amber

    Barking & Dagenham

    26,127

    2,430

    Barnet

    58,211

    8,529

    Bexley

    30,494

    2,168

    Brent

    58,460

    12,198

    Bromley

    39,726

    4,737

    Camden

    52,346

    20,136

    City of London

    2,779

    258

    Croydon

    57,129

    8,005

    Ealing

    58,701

    12,776

    Enfield

    40,801

    6,474

    Greenwich

    40,056

    4,769

    Hackney

    57,498

    10,065

    Hammersmith & Fulham

    39,378

    16,210

    Haringey

    53,621

    15,010

    Harrow

    37,983

    4,588

    Havering

    28,332

    2,606

    Hillingdon

    45,437

    4,366

    Hounslow

    45,995

    6,085

    Islington

    51,188

    12,795

    Kensington and Chelsea

    43,133

    13,482

    Kingston upon Thames

    26,100

    3,118

    Lambeth

    81,417

    14,165

    Lewisham

    52,211

    8,834

    Merton

    34,821

    4,981

    Newham

    64,311

    8,981

    Redbridge

    48,608

    5,702

    Richmond upon Thames

    28,672

    4,654

    Southwark

    67,234

    9,160

    Sutton

    23,790

    3,148

    Tower Hamlets

    53,028

    8,225

    Waltham Forest

    46,129

    7,389

    Wandsworth

    73,033

    17,032

    Westminster

    56,365

    17,261

    LONDON PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES

    Red

    Amber

    Barking

    17,910

    1,651

    Battersea

    26,831

    6,751

    Beckenham

    10,868

    1,041

    Bermondsey and Old Southwark

    33,169

    3,549

    Bethnal Green and Bow

    27,095

    4,655

    Bexleyheath and Crayford

    10,728

    750

    Brent Central

    25,187

    6,123

    Brent North

    23,399

    3,410

    Brentford and Isleworth

    26,105

    3,809

    Bromley and Chislehurst

    12,019

    1,345

    Camberwell and Peckham

    27,167

    4,040

    Carshalton and Wallington

    11,186

    1,491

    Chelsea and Fulham

    26,701

    8,467

    Chingford and Woodford Green

    12,736

    1,379

    Chipping Barnet

    16,855

    2,190

    Cities of London and Westminster

    33,759

    7,674

    Croydon Central

    17,235

    2,057

    Croydon North

    24,436

    4,033

    Croydon South

    15,458

    1,915

    Dagenham and Rainham

    12,564

    1,195

    Dulwich and West Norwood

    23,880

    4,861

    Ealing Central and Acton

    23,996

    6,646

    Ealing North

    17,761

    2,709

    Ealing Southall

    16,944

    3,421

    East Ham

    32,053

    4,476

    Edmonton

    13,762

    2,233

    Eltham

    11,835

    1,226

    Enfield North

    12,557

    1,533

    Enfield Southgate

    14,482

    2,708

    Erith and Thamesmead

    16,321

    1,184

    Feltham and Heston

    19,890

    2,276

    Finchley and Golders Green

    20,416

    3,855

    Greenwich and Woolwich

    20,864

    2,975

    Hackney North and Stoke Newington

    28,427

    6,110

    Hackney South and Shoreditch

    29,071

    3,955

    Hammersmith

    25,041

    10,874

    Hampstead and Kilburn

    29,704

    13,337

    Harrow East

    15,483

    1,852

    Harrow West

    18,134

    2,206

    Hayes and Harlington

    17,540

    2,110

    Hendon

    20,940

    2,484

    Holborn and St Pancras

    32,516

    9,464

    Hornchurch and Upminster

    11,456

    1,073

    Hornsey and Wood Green

    26,706

    8,550

    Ilford North

    15,605

    1,554

    Ilford South

    25,007

    3,242

    Islington North

    25,295

    7,491

    Islington South and Finsbury

    25,893

    5,304

    Kensington

    30,769

    10,351

    Kingston and Surbiton

    19,493

    2,381

    Lewisham Deptford

    24,795

    4,336

    Lewisham East

    16,939

    2,741

    Lewisham West and Penge

    18,129

    3,239

    Leyton and Wanstead

    20,763

    3,727

    Mitcham and Morden

    16,823

    2,280

    Old Bexley and Sidcup

    10,802

    802

    Orpington

    9,187

    869

    Poplar and Limehouse

    25,933

    3,570

    Putney

    21,693

    3,538

    Richmond Park

    18,456

    3,023

    Romford

    12,529

    1,117

    Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

    13,858

    1,443

    Streatham

    30,298

    5,420

    Sutton and Cheam

    12,604

    1,657

    Tooting

    24,509

    6,743

    Tottenham

    26,915

    6,460

    Twickenham

    16,823

    2,368

    Uxbridge and South Ruislip

    18,405

    1,343

    Vauxhall

    34,137

    5,455

    Walthamstow

    20,626

    3,189

    West Ham

    32,258

    4,505

    Westminster North

    25,385

    9,845

    Wimbledon

    17,998

    2,701

    Results for all wards are available on the Commission’s website here: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls

    “

  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-03-11.

    To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

    Gary Streeter

    The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match.

    Results for all wards are available on the Commission’s website here: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls

    The ward results for Wandsworth were as follows:

    Ward

    Green matches

    Amber matches

    Red matches

    Balham

    57.8%

    9.2%

    33.1%

    Bedford

    53.0%

    13.1%

    33.9%

    Earlsfield

    59.3%

    6.6%

    34.1%

    East Putney

    57.9%

    6.2%

    35.9%

    Fairfield

    54.2%

    9.6%

    36.2%

    Furzedown

    68.2%

    6.7%

    25.1%

    Graveney

    60.9%

    7.2%

    31.9%

    Latchmere

    65.6%

    4.2%

    30.1%

    Nightingale

    57.7%

    10.0%

    32.3%

    Northcote

    54.1%

    13.3%

    32.7%

    Queenstown

    58.0%

    6.2%

    35.8%

    Roehampton & Putney Heath

    63.5%

    3.2%

    33.3%

    Shaftesbury

    54.1%

    12.3%

    33.7%

    Southfields

    64.4%

    5.7%

    29.8%

    St Mary’s Park

    58.5%

    5.7%

    35.8%

    Thamesfield

    58.8%

    9.2%

    31.9%

    Tooting

    59.0%

    8.8%

    32.2%

    Wandsworth Common

    64.3%

    7.6%

    28.1%

    West Hill

    67.7%

    3.1%

    29.3%

    West Putney

    69.4%

    3.1%

    27.5%

    “

  • Mr Clive Betts – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    Mr Clive Betts – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Clive Betts on 2014-03-11.

    To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted by Sheffield City Council.

    Gary Streeter

    The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match.

    Results for all wards are available on the Commission’s website here: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls

    The ward results for Sheffield City Council were as follows:

    Ward

    Green matches

    Amber matches

    Red matches

    Arbourthorne

    82.3%

    1.2%

    16.5%

    Beauchief & Greenhill

    85.6%

    0.9%

    13.5%

    Beighton

    87.2%

    0.7%

    12.1%

    Birley

    87.2%

    1.0%

    11.8%

    Broomhill

    37.5%

    2.8%

    59.7%

    Burngreave

    75.7%

    3.9%

    20.5%

    Central

    34.9%

    3.1%

    62.1%

    Crookes

    65.7%

    0.9%

    33.4%

    Darnall

    77.5%

    3.1%

    19.4%

    Dore & Totley

    86.1%

    1.2%

    12.7%

    East Ecclesfield

    86.2%

    1.0%

    12.7%

    Ecclesall

    81.8%

    1.2%

    17.0%

    Firth Park

    82.6%

    1.8%

    15.7%

    Fulwood

    62.8%

    1.3%

    35.9%

    Gleadless Valley

    79.3%

    1.7%

    19.0%

    Graves Park

    82.9%

    1.1%

    16.0%

    Hillsborough

    81.7%

    1.4%

    17.0%

    Manor Castle

    76.5%

    1.5%

    22.0%

    Mosborough

    85.6%

    0.9%

    13.4%

    Nether Edge

    69.4%

    2.7%

    27.9%

    Richmond

    86.1%

    1.1%

    12.8%

    Shiregreen & Brightside

    82.9%

    1.4%

    15.6%

    Southey

    84.8%

    1.1%

    14.1%

    Stannington

    84.9%

    1.8%

    13.3%

    Stocksbridge & Upper Don

    85.2%

    1.8%

    13.0%

    Walkley

    69.5%

    1.7%

    28.8%

    West Ecclesfield

    87.9%

    0.8%

    11.3%

    Woodhouse

    86.1%

    1.3%

    12.6%

    “

  • Mr David Crausby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    Mr David Crausby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr David Crausby on 2014-03-11.

    To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in Bolton North East constituency.

    Gary Streeter

    The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match.

    Results for all wards are available on the Commission’s website here: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls

    The ward results for the Bolton North East constituency were as follows:

    Ward

    Green matches

    Amber matches

    Red matches

    ASTLEY BRIDGE

    82.7%

    1.1%

    16.2%

    BRADSHAW

    86.7%

    1.1%

    12.2%

    BREIGHTMET

    83.1%

    1.4%

    15.5%

    BROMLEY CROSS

    84.9%

    0.8%

    14.3%

    CROMPTON

    75.9%

    2.8%

    21.3%

    HALLIWELL

    73.4%

    2.8%

    23.8%

    TONGE WITH THE HAULGH

    79.5%

    1.7%

    18.8%

    “

  • Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-03-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders received a driving ban before the age of 17 in each of the last three years; and in what proportion of such cases the ban expired before the offenders’ 17th birthday.

    Jeremy Wright

    The attached table sets out the number of driving disqualifications for all motoring offences at all courts, for offenders aged under 17 years, in England and Wales from 2009 to 2012 (the latest data available). It is not possible to provide the more detailed information requested without incurring disproportionate cost.

    A disqualification of an offender aged under 17 means they cannot apply for or be issued with a driving licence until their disqualification period has passed.

    Number of disqualifications for all motoring offences at all courts, for offenders aged under 17 years, England and Wales, 2008-2012(1)

    Total Disqualifications Imposed

    2012

    677

    2011

    1021

    2010

    1227

    2009

    1791

    2008

    2260

    (1) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

    Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services – Ministry of Justice.

  • Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-03-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders received a driving ban alongside a prison sentence of a longer length in each of the last five years.

    Jeremy Wright

    When the courts impose a driving ban and a custodial sentence at the same time, they already make some allowance for the length of time that the offender would normally serve in prison before becoming eligible for release, in order to ensure that disqualification has the desired impact. There are provisions in the Coroner’s and Justice Act 2009 which will give this statutory force. These will be commenced in due course.

    We want to make sure that road traffic offenders face the full consequences of the punishment for their offence. When an offender commits a serious road traffic offence that attracts both a custodial sentence and disqualification from driving, it is essential for public confidence in the criminal justice system that the driving ban has full effect on the offender; he should not benefit from, in effect, a reduction in the length of the ban whilst he serves time in prison. These provisions will ensure that, as now, the court will determine the appropriate length of the ban for the purposes of the offence but it will then be required to extend the ban to take account of time to be spent in prison. This will ensure that there is consistency of action in every case and that driving bans bear equally on all offenders.

    The Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales. This database holds information on offences provided by the statutes under which proceedings are brought but not the specific circumstances of each case. This centrally held information records the period of disqualification into one of thirteen bands. As the exact length of driving ban is not available, it is not possibly to identify how many offenders received a driving ban alongside a prison sentence of a longer length. This detailed information may be held on the court record but due to the size and complexity is not reported centrally to the MoJ. As such, the information requested can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

  • Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-03-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department collects on the number of men and women in prison who have previously been in local authority care.

    Jeremy Wright

    Prisoners are assessed on entry to prison for addiction problems and there is a package of support available to them. The MoJ’s Transforming Rehabilitation programme will provide individual support to all released prisoners. This will include identifying risks and needs for individual ex-prisoners, and providing services to address them.

    The Ministry of Justice does not collect these data centrally on a regular basis. However, a survey of 1,435 adult prisoners sentenced to between one month and four years in 2005 and 2006 (Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction – SPCR) provides self-reported estimates for each question.

    The full reports can be accessed on the gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/surveying-prisoner-crime-reduction-spcr

    “

  • Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-03-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department collects on the number of (a) men and (b) women in prison who had alcohol-related issues prior to conviction.

    Jeremy Wright

    Prisoners are assessed on entry to prison for addiction problems and there is a package of support available to them. The MoJ’s Transforming Rehabilitation programme will provide individual support to all released prisoners. This will include identifying risks and needs for individual ex-prisoners, and providing services to address them.

    The Ministry of Justice does not collect these data centrally on a regular basis. However, a survey of 1,435 adult prisoners sentenced to between one month and four years in 2005 and 2006 (Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction – SPCR) provides self-reported estimates for each question.

    The full reports can be accessed on the gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/surveying-prisoner-crime-reduction-spcr

    “