Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to the public purse was of the introduction of the system of individual electoral registration; and how much the Government has spent on voter registration in each year since its implementation.

The total cost of IER has been £170m to date. Since the 2013/14 financial year, the Government has spent £27m on voter registration. This is in addition to the significant work done by EROs in their local authorities to maintain the completeness and accuracy of their local registers.