Electoral Register

(asked on 2nd July 2014) - View Source

Question

To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, for what reason the Electoral Commission first decided to undertake research into the completeness of the electoral register; and why further work on this issue has now been commissioned.


Answered by
Gary Streeter Portrait
Gary Streeter
This question was answered on 10th July 2014

The Commission's first research on the completeness and accuracy of the registers was published in 2005, using 2001 census data. The research was undertaken to gain estimates of the quality of the electoral registers and to continue a series of published reports following each census, which had previously been funded/overseen by the Office for Public Censuses and Surveys and the Home Office.

The 2005 report, and subsequent research, have informed the advice, guidance and resources the Commission produces to help get people registered, as well as the public awareness campaigns the Commission runs itself.

All of its current planned research is focused on monitoring the transition to Individual Electoral Registration.

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