House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 24 Feb 2009 (pt 0017)

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Departmental Pay

Grant Shapps: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years. [248716]

Mr. Watson: The amount spent by the Cabinet Office on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years is set out as follows:

	Amount spent (£)
2007-08	24,350
2006-07	12,600
2005-06	0

These totals represent small individual awards to staff as part of the overall pay award. They are used to drive performance and recognise individual instances of exceptional performance.

Electoral Register

Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what percentage of the population is registered to vote in each constituency, ranked in descending order in each region. [257330]

Kevin Brennan: The information falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 20 February 2009:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your question asking what percentage of the population is registered to vote in each constituency ranked in descending order in each region (257330)

Table 1 shows the number of people who were registered to vote in parliamentary elections as a percentage of the estimated resident population aged 18 and over for each parliamentary constituency in England Wales for 2007. This is the latest year for which estimates of the usually resident population are available by parliamentary constituency. The table has been placed in the House of Commons library.

These figures should not be interpreted as the percentage of the eligible population who are registered to vote. The population eligible to vote in parliamentary elections includes British Citizens resident overseas and excludes foreign citizens (from outside the British Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland) resident within England and Wales.

In addition, figures for the registered electorate may be inflated because people who have more than one address may register in more than one place (e.g. students may register at parental and term-time addresses) and electoral registration officers vary in how quickly they remove people from the registers after they have moved away from an area or died. This may lead to percentages of over one hundred per cent and can affect the comparability of figures across parliamentary constituencies.

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Table 1: Number of people registered to vote in parliamentary elections as a percentage of the resident population aged 18 and over, by parliamentary constituency in England and Wales, and Government office regions in England, 2007^{( 1)}
	Parliamentary constituency	Percentage^{( 2)}
England
North East	North West Durham	101
	Sedgefield	100
	Darlington	100
	Hexham	100
	Bishop Auckland	100
	North Durham	100
	Blaydon	99
	Blyth Valley	98
	Easington	98
	Gateshead East and Washington West	98
	Tynemouth	98
	Hartlepool	98
	Wansbeck	97
	North Tyneside	96
	Jarrow	96
	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	96
	Houghton and Washington East	96
	Berwick-upon-Tweed	95
	Sunderland South	95
	Stockton South	95
	Redcar	94
	Stockton North	94
	South Shields	93
	Newcastle upon Tyne North	93
	Middlesbrough	92
	Sunderland North	91
	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	89
	Tyne Bridge	85
	City of Durham	84
	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	83

North West	Wirral South	101
	Wirral West	100
	Bolton West	100
	West Lancashire	100
	Cheadle	100
	Bury North	100
	Congleton	100
	Warrington South	99
	Bolton North East	99
	Rossendale and Darwen	99
	Halton	99
	Penrith and The Border	99
	South Ribble	99
	Macclesfield	99
	Blackpool South	99
	Blackburn	99
	Altrincham and Sale West	98
	Burnley	98
	St. Helens North	98
	Rochdale	98
	Hazel Grove	98
	Copeland	98
	Bury South	98
	Heywood and Middleton	98
	Weaver Vale	98
	Carlisle	98
	Ribble Valley	98
	Denton and Reddish	98
	St. Helens South	98
	Stalybridge and Hyde	98
	Bolton South East	98
	Wallasey	97
	Tatton	97
	Wigan	97
	Birkenhead	97
	Warrington North	97
	Fylde	97
	Makerfield	97
	Workington	97
	Crewe and Nantwich	97
	Westmorland and Lonsdale	97
	Worsley	97
	Knowsley North and Sefton East	96
	Crosby	96
	Oldham East and Saddleworth	96
	Ellesmere Port and Neston	96
	Stretford and Urmston	96
	Oldham West and Royton	96
	Leigh	96
	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	95
	Pendle	95
	Chorley	95
	Ashton under Lyne	95
	Hyndburn	95
	Stockport	94
	Knowsley South	94
	Eddisbury	94
	Liverpool, Garston	94
	Barrow and Furness	94
	Eccles	93
	Manchester, Withington	93
	Wythenshawe and Sale East	93
	Preston	93
	Liverpool, Wavertree	92
	Lancaster and Wyre	92
	Morecambe and Lunesdale	92
	Liverpool, West Derby	92
	Southport	91
	Liverpool, Riverside	91
	City of Chester	91
	Liverpool, Walton	90
	Bootle	89
	Manchester, Blackley	89
	Salford	87
	Manchester, Gorton	87
	Manchester Central	86

Yorkshire and the Humber	Brigg and Goole	99
	Normanton	99
	Hemsworth	99
	Barnsley West and Penistone	99
	Pontefract and Castleford	98
	East Yorkshire	98
	Rother Valley	98
	Beverley and Holderness	98
	Scunthorpe	98
	Haltemprice and Howden	98
	Colne Valley	97
	Wentworth	97
	Cleethorpes	96
	Barnsley Central	96
	Vale of York	96
	Scarborough and Whitby	96
	Barnsley East and Mexborough	96
	Selby	96
	Ryedale	96
	Dewsbury	95
	Batley and Spen	95
	Kingston upon Hull East	95
	Elmet	95
	Pudsey	95
	Wakefield	94
	Calder Valley	94
	Don Valley	94
	Doncaster North	94
	Shipley	94
	Richmond (Yorks)	94
	Skipton and Ripon	93
	Rotherham	93
	Sheffield, Hillsborough	93
	Morley and Rothwell	93
	Huddersfield	93
	Doncaster Central	93
	Leeds North East	92
	Great Grimsby	92
	Harrogate and Knaresborough	92
	Keighley	92
	Halifax	91
	Sheffield, Attercliffe	91
	Sheffield, Hallam	90
	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle	90
	City of York	90
	Sheffield, Heeley	89
	Bradford South	88
	Bradford North	88
	Leeds West	86
	Leeds East	85
	Sheffield, Brightside	85
	Kingston upon Hull North	83
	Leeds North West	79
	Bradford West	78
	Leeds Central	77
	Sheffield Central	71

East Midlands	Mansfield	100
	North West Leicestershire	100
	Bolsover	100
	Amber Valley	99
	Chesterfield	99
	West Derbyshire	99
	Harborough	99
	South Holland and The Deepings	98
	North East Derbyshire	98
	Charnwood	98
	Kettering	98
	Ashfield	98
	Bosworth	98
	South Derbyshire	97
	Gainsborough	97
	Bassetlaw	97
	Blaby	97
	Boston and Skegness	97
	Leicester East	97
	Sherwood	96
	Corby	96
	Rutland and Melton	96
	Sleaford and North Hykeham	96
	High Peak	96
	Rushcliffe	95
	Erewash	95
	Grantham and Stamford	95
	Gedling	95
	Newark	95
	Louth and Horncastle	94
	Derby North	94
	Leicester South	93
	Wellingborough	93
	Daventry	92
	Northampton North	92
	Loughborough	92
	Leicester West	91
	Northampton South	91
	Broxtowe	91
	Derby South	89
	Lincoln	88
	Nottingham North	88
	Nottingham East	76
	Nottingham South	72

West Midlands	Ludlow	101
	Cannock Chase	101
	Stourbridge	101
	Sutton Coldfield	100
	Meriden	100
	Lichfield	100
	Halesowen and Rowley Regis	100
	Staffordshire Moorlands	100
	Stoke-on-Trent South	100
	West Bromwich West	100
	Bromsgrove	99
	West Worcestershire	99
	Dudley North	99
	Aldridge-Brownhills	99
	Dudley South	99
	South Staffordshire	99
	Stone	99
	Stoke-on-Trent North	99
	Redditch	98
	Wolverhampton South East	98
	Worcester	98
	North Shropshire	98
	Burton	98
	Rugby and Kenilworth	98
	Stratford-on-Avon	98
	North Warwickshire	97
	West Bromwich East	97
	Shrewsbury and Atcham	97
	Tamworth	97
	Telford	96
	Hereford	96
	Birmingham, Hall Green	96
	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	96
	Wolverhampton North East	96
	Wyre Forest	95
	Stoke-on-Trent Central	95
	The Wrekin	95
	Leominster	95
	Newcastle-under-Lyme	95
	Mid Worcestershire	95
	Nuneaton	95
	Walsall South	95
	Warley	95
	Stafford	94
	Birmingham, Yardley	94
	Birmingham, Northfield	94
	Walsall North	94
	Wolverhampton South West	94
	Birmingham, Perry Barr	93
	Birmingham, Erdington	93
	Solihull	93
	Birmingham, Selly Oak	93
	Coventry North West	91
	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	90
	Coventry South	88
	Warwick and Leamington	88
	Birmingham, Edgbaston	88
	Birmingham, Ladywood	87
	Coventry North East	86

East	Hitchin and Harpenden	104
	South Suffolk	101
	Saffron Walden	100
	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	99
	North West Norfolk	99
	Rayleigh	99
	South Norfolk	99
	Billericay	98
	North Norfolk	98
	Hemel Hempstead	97
	Castle Point	97
	Basildon	97
	St. Albans	97
	Watford	97
	Maldon and East Chelmsford	97
	Epping Forest	97
	Harlow	96
	South West Bedfordshire	96
	Hertford and Stortford	96
	Bury St. Edmunds	96
	Ipswich	96
	Southend West	96
	Stevenage	96
	Braintree	96
	Brentwood and Ongar	96
	South Cambridgeshire	96
	Waveney	96
	South West Hertfordshire	95
	Mid Norfolk	95
	Suffolk Coastal	95
	North East Bedfordshire	95
	Luton North	95
	Broxbourne	95
	West Chelmsford	95
	Thurrock	95
	Rochford and Southend East	94
	North East Cambridgeshire	94
	Hertsmere	94
	Mid Bedfordshire	94
	North East Hertfordshire	94
	South East Cambridgeshire	94
	Great Yarmouth	93
	Norwich North	93
	Luton South	93
	North Essex	92
	North West Cambridgeshire	92
	Huntingdon	91
	Harwich	90
	South West Norfolk	90
	Bedford	89
	Norwich South	87
	Welwyn Hatfield	87
	Colchester	84
	West Suffolk	81
	Peterborough	80
	Cambridge	77

London	Chingford and Woodford Green	101
	Romford	100
	Orpington	99
	Old Bexley and Sidcup	99
	Hornchurch	99
	Bexleyheath and Crayford	98
	Upminster	98
	Bromley and Chislehurst	98
	Croydon South	97
	Ruislip-Northwood	97
	Erith and Thamesmead	97
	Harrow East	97
	Dagenham	96
	Uxbridge	96
	East Ham	95
	Beckenham	95
	Feltham and Heston	94
	Eltham	94
	Harrow West	94
	Ilford South	93
	Ilford North	93
	Chipping Barnet	92
	Brent North	91
	Twickenham	91
	Barking	91
	Walthamstow	91
	Hayes and Harlington	90
	Carshalton and Wallington	90
	Croydon Central	90
	Enfield North	89
	Battersea	89
	Leyton and Wanstead	89
	Enfield, Southgate	89
	Sutton and Cheam	89
	Ealing, Southall	88
	Greenwich and Woolwich	88
	Brentford and Isleworth	88
	Lewisham East	88
	Tooting	87
	Dulwich and West Norwood	87
	West Ham	87
	Bethnal Green and Bow	86
	Lewisham West	86
	Hornsey and Wood Green	86
	Croydon North	86
	Streatham	86
	Hackney South and Shoreditch	85
	Poplar and Canning Town	84
	Camberwell and Peckham	84
	Edmonton	84
	Ealing North	83
	Putney	83
	Kingston and Surbiton	83
	Richmond Park	82
	Mitcham and Morden	82
	Brent South	81
	Hendon	80
	Lewisham, Deptford	80
	Wimbledon	79
	Vauxhall	79
	Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush	79
	Tottenham	79
	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	79
	Islington North	79
	Islington South and Finsbury	77
	Brent East	77
	Finchley and Golders Green	77
	North Southwark and Bermondsey	76
	Hammersmith and Fulham	75
	Hampstead and Highgate	70
	Holborn and St. Pancras	68
	Regent's Park and North Kensington	67
	Cities of London and Westminster	59
	Kensington and Chelsea	55

South East	North West Hampshire	103
	East Hampshire	101
	Wantage	100
	Henley	99
	Wealden	99
	Winchester	99
	Fareham	99
	Havant	99
	Chesham and Amersham	99
	Mole Valley	98
	Mid Sussex	98
	Arundel and South Downs	98
	Chichester	98
	New Forest West	98
	New Forest East	98
	East Worthing and Shoreham	98
	Dover	97
	South West Surrey	97
	Faversham and Mid Kent	97
	Horsham	97
	Newbury	97
	Eastleigh	97
	Dartford	97
	North East Hampshire	97
	Lewes	97
	Spelthorne	97
	Worthing West	97
	Witney	97
	Beaconsfield	97
	Ashford	97
	Isle of Wight	97
	Bexhill and Battle	96
	Gosport	96
	South Thanet	96
	Buckingham	96
	Tonbridge and Malling	96
	Epsom and Ewell	96
	Romsey	96
	Wycombe	96
	Surrey Heath	95
	Tunbridge Wells	95
	Banbury	95
	Maidstone and The Weald	95
	Sevenoaks	95
	North Thanet	94
	Reading West	94
	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	94
	Chatham and Aylesford	94
	Wokingham	93
	Aylesbury	93
	North East Milton Keynes	93
	Maidenhead	93
	Reigate	93
	East Surrey	93
	Folkestone and Hythe	93
	Milton Keynes South West	93
	Guildford	93
	Medway	92
	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	92
	Eastbourne	92
	Bracknell	92
	Woking	92
	Gravesham	92
	Hove	92
	Gillingham	92
	Hastings and Rye	91
	Crawley	91
	Brighton, Pavilion	91
	Oxford West and Abingdon	91
	Windsor	90
	Portsmouth North	90
	Brighton, Kemptown	90
	Aldershot	90
	Southampton, Itchen	89
	Reading East	88
	Esher and Walton	87
	Basingstoke	85
	Slough	84
	Southampton, Test	84
	Canterbury	82
	Runnymede and Weybridge	82
	Oxford East	79
	Portsmouth South	77

South West	West Dorset	102
	Christchurch	101
	North Swindon	101
	Poole	101
	Mid Dorset and North Poole	100
	North Devon	100
	North Wiltshire	100
	Stroud	99
	Yeovil	99
	Forest of Dean	99
	Tewkesbury	98
	Somerton and Frome	98
	Devizes	98
	Teignbridge	98
	North Dorset	98
	South East Cornwall	98
	Cotswold	98
	Tiverton and Honiton	98
	South West Devon	98
	Totnes	98
	Wansdyke	97
	South Swindon	97
	Wells	97
	Northavon	97
	Kingswood	96
	South Dorset	96
	Woodspring	96
	Cheltenham	96
	Bridgwater	96
	Torbay	95
	Westbury	95
	Gloucester	95
	Torridge and West Devon	95
	Taunton	95
	Truro and St. Austell	95
	East Devon	95
	St. Ives	95
	Bournemouth East	95
	North Cornwall	94
	Plymouth, Devonport	93
	Falmouth and Camborne	93
	Bristol North West	92
	Salisbury	92
	Weston-Super-Mare	91
	Bristol South	91
	Bournemouth West	88
	Bath	86
	Bristol East	84
	Exeter	81
	Plymouth, Sutton	81
	Bristol West	80

Wales	Islwyn	106
	Cardiff West	104
	Ogmore	104
	Neath	101
	Aberavon	100
	Clwyd West	100
	Preseli Pembrokeshire	100
	Gower	100
	Swansea West	98
	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	98
	Swansea East	98
	Brecon and Radnorshire	97
	Monmouth	97
	Blaenau Gwent	97
	Torfaen	96
	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	96
	Alyn and Deeside	96
	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	96
	Montgomeryshire	96
	Vale of Clwyd	95
	Cynon Valley	95
	Delyn	95
	Rhondda	94
	Bridgend	94
	Cardiff North	94
	Caernarfon	94
	Ynys Mon	93
	Newport East	93
	Clwyd South	93
	Conwy	93
	Newport West	92
	Pontypridd	91
	Wrexham	91
	Vale of Glamorgan	91
	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	91
	Llanelli	91
	Cardiff South and Penarth	91
	Caerphilly	90
	Cardiff Central	90
	Ceredigion	85
⁽¹⁾ The percentages have been calculated using the mid-2007 population estimates for parliamentary constituencies in England and Wales of those aged 18 and above, and the number of people registered to vote in parliamentary elections on the 1 December 2007. ⁽²⁾ Percentages exceed 100 per cent. where the registered electorate exceeds the estimated population of an area. Source: Office for National Statistics

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