Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2018 to Question 121010, whether he plans to extend the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to apply to (a) an acting returning officer appointed to discharge a returning officer’s functions in England and Wales under section 28, (b) an electoral registration officer appointed under section 8, (c) a returning officer appointed under section 25, (d) a returning officer appointed under section 35 and (e) a returning officer appointed under section 25 of the Representation of the People Act 1983.

As the Government set out in its answer of 17 January, it is our intention to bring Returning Officers (ROs) under the Freedom of Information Act when legislative time allows.