Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Electoral Commission’s findings in its interim report on the impact of voter ID on voting accessibility during the 2023 local elections in England; and if he will make a statement in response to the Commission's full report.

The Government welcomes the Electoral Commission's interim report on the May 2023 polls, which shows that the vast majority of voters - 99.75% - cast their vote.

We will, as set out in legislation, be conducting an evaluation of the implementation of voter identification at the May polls. We are now analysing the Commission's data in more detail and conducting further research with electors and electoral administrators to understand the impact of the new rules. We will publish our evaluation in November.