Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information he holds on whether there has been an increase in the number of people who have registered to vote anonymously in 2018.
In March this year, Parliament passed Government proposals for changes to anonymous voter registration. The changes will make it easier for an estimated 12,000 survivors of domestic abuse living in refuges, as well as those living elsewhere, to register to vote anonymously. The Government does not hold records of the number of applications to register that were made anonymously. This information is held by local Electoral Registration Officers, within Local Authorities.