Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of advertising in local news media to increase awareness of the new voter ID requirements ahead of local elections in May 2023.

The national communications campaign for voter identification is the responsibility of the Electoral Commission. The Commission launched its wide-reaching public awareness campaign on 9th January to ensure voters understand the change and to support continued participation in the electoral process. The Government has supported this, including through amplification of the message through government channels, through messaging on GOV.UK.

In addition to the Commission's campaign, the Government has allocated £4.75 million of additional funding to all local authorities with polls in May 2023 to support local communications.