Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the implications are for the Government's policies of recommendation 3 of the report of the Association of Electoral Administrators entitled It’s time for urgent and positive Government action: The AEA’s review of the 2017 local government elections and the UK Parliamentary general election, published in September 2017, on the Government giving responsibility to (a) Electoral Registration Officers for the subdivision of UK parliamentary constituencies into polling districts and (b) Returning Officers for the designation of polling places within those districts.

The Government considers that the current arrangements whereby local authorities are responsible for designating polling places and carrying out reviews, ensure that there is a clear and consistent approach, and clear lines of accountability, in the designation of polling districts and places. There are no plans to change these existing arrangements.