Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to work with university, college and further education providers to integrate electoral registration into academic enrolment prior to the commencement of the 2018-19 academic year.

The Government issued Ministerial Guidance to the Office for Students (OfS) in February 2018, relating to an electoral registration condition for Higher Education providers registering with the OfS. The OfS is currently engaging with stakeholders for the purposes of producing its own guidance to advise Higher Education providers on the steps they might take to demonstrate that they are complying with this condition of registration.

We expect this action to help facilitate student registration, improving both the completeness and accuracy of electoral registers. We intend to evaluate the effect of these arrangements before considering any extension into the schools and Further Education sectors.