Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the implications are for the Government's policies of recommendation 11 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 recognising the roles and responsibilities of polling station tellers in law.

The Government has no plans to set the roles and responsibilities of polling station tellers in law. It is a matter for political parties to ensure that their tellers abide by the guidance detailing the roles, responsibilities and conduct of tellers as prescribed by the Electoral Commission.