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Because two different voting systems were to be used, the Arbuthnott report recommended that the Scottish local and parliamentary elections should not take place on the same day. It said that that would reduce complexity and confusion and restrict the number of invalid ballot papers, yet the Labour party chose to blunder on, which led to many thousands losing their votes. Will my hon. Friend confirm that the Electoral Commission’s report will investigate how that could have happened and exactly who was responsible?

Asked by

Oliver Heald (Conservative)

Answering body

Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Oral questions - Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

21 May 2007

Reference

460 c975

House

House of Commons

Constituency Electorates

Surely the Minister is not saying that we should count people who are not registered to vote. How could we possibly guess who they were, or how many of them there were? However, a party that gains the majority of voters in England but ends up with 93 fewer seats cannot say that the system is fair. We need a system that is genuinely fair, so that first past the post works, rather than a flawed proportional representation system. Should not the boundary commission rules be changed so that there is a fixed electoral quota in constituencies across the UK? The Minister may say that the country has plenty of islands, but in reality there are not that many. An equal quota should be the general rule, and the boundary commission's rules need to be changed.

Asked by

Oliver Heald (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Oral questions - Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

28 February 2006

Reference

443 c120

House

House of Commons

COI Quinquennial Review

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster when the last Central Office of Information quinquennial review took place; how much it cost to complete; when the next quinquennial review is scheduled to take place; what estimate he has made of the likely cost; and what (a) recommendations and...

Asked by

Oliver Heald (Conservative)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

13 February 2006

For answer on

15 February 2006

Answered on

27 February 2006

The last quinquennial review of the Central Office of Information (COI) reported in February 2002.The review team was made up of staff from the Cabinet Office, the Office of Government Commerce, HM Treasury, COI and the Advisory Committee on Advertising. The cost of the time that officials spent on the review was not recorded.The next quinquennial review has not yet been scheduled. All key performance measures are reviewed at least annually.The recommendations of the 2002 review were:"Recommendation 1: COI should operate as a Department, an agency and a trading fund for the next five years;""Recommendation 2: The Regional News Network (RNN) and News Distribution Service should be relocated from 1 April 2002 to the GIGS in Cabinet Office. The RNN should also report at a regional level to the Government Offices and continue to work closely with COI;""Recommendation 3: COI should be responsible for developing research on strategic communications issues in consultation with Government stakeholders. Additional central funding should be allocated to COI for this research, subject to the 2002 Spending Review;""Recommendation 4: A new function to monitor and to advise on the co-ordination of Government marketing campaigns should be developed in COI and centrally funded, subject to the 2002 Spending Review. The chief executive of COI should undertake a new role as the Government's chief adviser on Marketing Communications and Information campaigns reporting to the Prime Minister's Director of Communications;""Recommendation 5: COI should establish an Audit and Risk Committee by 1 April 2002;""Recommendation 6: COI should continue to develop and test new and existing performance measures, including customer satisfaction, buying and campaign effectiveness and sustainable development; COI should continue to improve its services to customers by introducing new marketing materials, new internal structures and by developing a clear policy for the use of direct services."All of the recommendations have been implemented or subsumed into the recommendations of the Phillis Review.

Date

27 February 2006

Reference

52366; 443 c42-3W;443 c42-3W

House

House of Commons

Strategy Unit

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what strategic reviews are being undertaken by the Strategy Unit.

Asked by

Oliver Heald (Conservative)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 February 2006

Reference

443 c51W;443 c51W; 53813

House

House of Commons

Electoral Systems (Review)

But does the Minister agree with the Leader of the House that there should be compulsory voting and will she consult the public about that? In fact, will there be consultation before the Government make proposals on electoral systems? Surely it is contrary to liberty to force a person to vote. With turnout especially low in Labour constituencies, surely the onus is on the Government to raise their performance and give the people reasons to vote. At a time of rising violence, the police should be protecting the public from crime, rather than chasing non-voters and fining them £100 a time.

Asked by

Oliver Heald (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Oral questions - Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

5 July 2005

Reference

436 c162

House

House of Commons

Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total expenditure of the Strategy Unit was (a) in the past 12 months and (b) since it was established; what the expenditure has been on each review that has been conducted by the Strategy Unit since its inception; and if...

Asked by

Oliver Heald (Conservative)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

31 March 2004

Reference

419 c1487W;419 c1489W; 160027;160030

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the Health and Safety Executive's review of the science relating to the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; and who is in charge of the review.

Asked by

Oliver Heald (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 February 2003

Reference

98678; 400 c605W;400 c597W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Warington North, Official Report, column 691W, on chiropody, for what reason the Government has decided not to publish Feet First II; if he will place the outcomes of the review of chiropody services,...

Asked by

Oliver Heald (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 June 2002

Reference

387 c735W;387 c733W; 62065;61843

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the nature, extent and timetable of his review of the workings of NICE. - Inc ref to National Assembly for Wales discussion paper entitled "Clinical Guidance from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence: Timing and...

Asked by

Oliver Heald (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 April 2002

Reference

384 c521W;384 c519W; 50055

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on the treatment of patients of the length of time taken by NICE to assess treatments. - (Holding answer 16 April 2002).

Asked by

Oliver Heald (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 April 2002

Reference

384 c521W;384 c519W; 50054

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has completed his review of information needs as regards NHS funded activity in the private sector; and if he will make a statement on his conclusion; when he expects to publish the key results of his survey of the amount...

Asked by

Oliver Heald (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 February 2002

Reference

380 c991W;380 c993W; 35087;35078

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when and in what manner he intends to announce the outcome of the comprehensive review of progress on the development of plans for early intervention teams. - (Holding answer 31 October 2001).

Asked by

Oliver Heald (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 December 2001

Reference

11527; 376 c713W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he intends to conduct a fundamental review of NICE; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Oliver Heald (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 December 2001

Reference

20287; 376 c138-9W;376 c139W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what local reviews of mental health services (a) have so far taken place and (b) are proposed in the current financial year. - (Holding answer 31 October 2001).

Asked by

Oliver Heald (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 November 2001

Reference

11526; 373 c817W;373 c819W

House

House of Commons

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