Electoral Register: Students

(asked on 8th November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of integrating academic enrolment at universities with voter registration.


Answered by
Chris Skidmore Portrait
Chris Skidmore
This question was answered on 15th November 2016

The Government supported a successful project at the University of Sheffield to integrate electoral registration with student enrolment. We intend to publish the outcomes of this project in due course. While we do not support mandating universities to implement the system we intend to encourage wider take up, on a voluntary basis, by universities and colleges with the appetite and technical infrastructure to adopt the model. We also intend to gather evidence on the extent to which universities have integrated or plan to integrate electoral registration with student enrolment.

I have discussed this issue with the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation and we will continue to work together to provide support to improve student electoral registration.

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