Asked by: Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative - North East Hampshire)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the correlation between the level of (a) turnout at elections and (b) detection of electoral fraud.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The Government has not undertaken an assessment of the correlation between the level of turnout at elections and detection of electoral fraud.
Asked by: Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative - North East Hampshire)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the effect on the public purse of holding combined local elections every four years for local authorities, police and crime commissioners, regional mayors and the Greater London Authority.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The Government has not made an assessment of the effect on the public purse of holding combined elections every four years. Not all local authorities hold their council elections on a four-year cycle and new elected positions can be created, as we have seen for local authority and combined authority mayors in recent years.
Combined polls will often result in lower overall costs to public funds both in respect of the Consolidated Fund and the relevant devolved administration or local authority sources. Combination has also been shown to increase turnout in instances where a poll that traditionally experiences low turnout is combined with a poll where turnout is higher.
Asked by: Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative - North East Hampshire)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on local communities of parliamentary boundary changes that result in parliamentary constituencies covering three (a) district or (b) borough councils, in addition to a county council.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Government is committed to delivering more equal and updated parliamentary constituencies to ensure there is fair and equal representation for electors across the UK.
The four independent Boundary Commissions conducted the 2018 Boundary Review and made recommendations in accordance with rules previously agreed by Parliament.
It is for the Boundary Commissions to take into account relevant factors when recommending parliamentary constituencies, including local government boundaries
Asked by: Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative - North East Hampshire)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the value to the UK economy of unpaid household work.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.