Electoral Registration Officers
(asked on 15th December 2014) - View Source
Question
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many Electoral Registration Officers failed to meet (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five or (f) more than five of the Electoral Commission's performance standards in each year since 2008.
The number of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) who did not meet one, two, three, four, five or more than five of the Electoral Commission's performance standards in each year since 2008 is as follows:
One | Two | Three | Four | Five | More than five | Total | |
2008 | 88 | 66 | 66 | 36 | 23 | 18 | 297 |
2009 | 93 | 54 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 185 |
2010 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 60 |
2011 | 58 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
2012 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
2013 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
In 2013 the Commission introduced a new performance standards framework for EROs to support them in preparing for and delivering the transition to Individual Electoral Registration. In March 2014 we reported that no EROs failed to meet the first of these standards.
Pursuant to the answer given to the Hon. Member on 9 December 2014, UIN 216888. The total given for the number of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) who did not meet one or more of the Commission’s performance standards was mistakenly given as 299. This figure incorrectly included two local authorities who, due to local government re-structuring, did not exist in their current form in 2008 so should not have been included in the figures. The table above provides the correct figures for this year.