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Written Answers — Justice: Electorate: British Nationals Abroad (8 Feb 2010)

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many persons entitled to vote in each parliamentary constituency are registered as resident abroad.

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Electoral Register: British Nationals Abroad (5 Feb 2010)

Chris Ruane: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many UK citizens resident abroad are registered to vote in each parliamentary constituency, ranked from highest to lowest in respect of the number in each constituency.

[Mr. David Wilshire in the Chair] — Returning Officers (Accountability) (3 Feb 2010)

Chris Ruane: The hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar said that local government should be allowed to set its spending priorities according to local priorities, but electoral registration is not only for local government, but for Assemblies, national Government and EU-wide government. The issue is so important that the money should be ring-fenced.

[Mr. David Wilshire in the Chair] — Returning Officers (Accountability) (3 Feb 2010)

Chris Ruane: The hon. Lady mentioned the importance of the accuracy of the register and the integrity of the ballot. Will she assure hon. Members-this is a question I intend to put to the Minister, if he will allow me to do so later-that she and her party are not considering disenfranchising 1 million Commonwealth voters or 700,000 Irish voters?

[Mr. David Wilshire in the Chair] — Returning Officers (Accountability) (3 Feb 2010)

Chris Ruane: Would the hon. Lady like to comment on the former Liberal Democrat leader of Islington council, who wanted to keep even more people off the register?

[Mr. David Wilshire in the Chair] — Returning Officers (Accountability) (3 Feb 2010)

Chris Ruane: I shall be as brief as possible, Mr. Wilshire. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Inverclyde (David Cairns) on securing this debate and thank him for the praise that he heaped on me. I would also like to recognise other MPs who have campaigned on the issue. I was first alerted to the issue by my hon. Friend the Member for Dumfries and Galloway (Mr. Brown), and a band of us,...

[Mr. David Wilshire in the Chair] — Returning Officers (Accountability) (3 Feb 2010)

Chris Ruane: That is what Ministers do. [Laughter.]

[Mr. David Wilshire in the Chair] — Returning Officers (Accountability) (3 Feb 2010)

Chris Ruane: I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. He is right that there is no political interference by central Government in the work of local authority electoral registration officers. Is he aware, however, that there is some political interference at a local level? One example is Islington council in London. The Labour group there asked the council's Liberal Democrat leader to put...

[Mr. David Wilshire in the Chair] — Returning Officers (Accountability) (3 Feb 2010)

Chris Ruane: My hon. Friend was indeed the Minister who helped to introduce the performance standards that are in place-others have not been put in place. However, in relation to those that have been put in place governing the completeness and accuracy of the register, according to a parliamentary answer that I have just received, there are still 66 electoral registration officers who say, on their own...

[Mr. David Wilshire in the Chair] — Returning Officers (Accountability) (3 Feb 2010)

Chris Ruane: I thank my hon. Friend for giving way yet again. On the question of assessment, for me the key performance indicator is the number of people on the register. It is quite easy to set performance indicators. According to the written answer to parliamentary question 311930, which gave registration rates in descending order, Kensington and Chelsea has a registration rate of 55 per cent. To be a...

Written Answers — Electoral Commission Committee: Electoral Register: Expenditure (3 Feb 2010)

Chris Ruane: To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission how much was spent on electoral registration initiatives in each of the last 10 years.

Written Answers — Electoral Commission Committee: Electoral Register: Standards (2 Feb 2010)

Chris Ruane: To ask the hon. Member for South-West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission which local authorities have yet to implement all three performance standard indicators in respect of electoral registration.

Written Answers — Treasury: Maintaining Demand (2 Feb 2010)

Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he plans to take to maintain the level of demand in the economy in the next 12 months.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Public Lavatories (2 Feb 2010)

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many public conveniences there are in each local authority area; and how many have closed in each such area in each of the last 10 years.

Written Answers — Justice: Absent Voting (2 Feb 2010)

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people are registered to vote by post in each parliamentary constituency, ranked from highest to lowest in respect of the number in each constituency; and what percentage of the total of those on the electoral roll this represents in each such constituency.

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Electoral Register (1 Feb 2010)

Chris Ruane: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the electoral registration rate was in each constituency in the UK, rated in descending order, in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available.

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Electorate: Clwyd (28 Jan 2010)

Chris Ruane: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many electors there were in each ward in (a) Vale of Clwyd and (b) Bristol South constituency in each year since 1980.

Opposition Day — [3rd Allotted Day]: Dementia Services (27 Jan 2010) has video

Chris Ruane: On where the money is coming from, the hon. Gentleman will be aware that the health budget has risen from £32 billion to more than £100 billion over the past 13 years. Dementia services are an important issue, so can he guarantee the funding that will be available if he is fortunate enough to become a Health Minister in May or June this year?

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Fish Catches (26 Jan 2010)

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he made of the sustainability of fish stocks in each of the last three years.

Written Answers — Transport: Roads: Accidents (26 Jan 2010)

Chris Ruane: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many persons injured in road traffic accidents did not receive full compensation for injuries sustained in cases where the driver of the vehicle at fault was not insured in each of the last five years.