PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Electoral Register (27 May 2015)

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to to the Written Statement of 9 January 2015, HCWS18, on maximising voter registration, if the Government will provide further funding to electoral registration officers to maximise voter registration once the transition to individual electoral registration is complete.

Asked by:
Emily Thornberry (Labour)

Over £14million has been invested over the last two financial years to support the completeness and accuracy of the register, including in the run up to the General Election.

The Electoral Commission is due to publish an analysis of the electoral registers used for these elections in June and the Government will consider further steps in the light of this report.

Answered by:
John Penrose (Conservative)
3 June 2015