Question

To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much the Commission has spent on direct advertising in the last three years to increase registration of (a) young people aged 18 to 25 and (b) members of the expatriate community.

The Commission has spent no money on this. Direct advertising (or marketing) does not form part of the Commission’s approach to its work encouraging voter registration.