Question

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps the Government plans to take to register tenants in the private rented sector when individual electoral registration is introduced.

Five national organisations and every Electoral Registration Officer in Great Britain are sharing £4.2 million funding aimed at maximising the rate of voter registration, as part of the transition to Individual Electoral Registration.

These organisations have received funding to find new ways of reaching a range of under registered groups such as private renters and encouraging them to register to vote. Electoral Registration Officers have been asked to concentrate on areas of under registration which have historically included private renters,

On-line registration will make it more convenient to register, which will help mobile sections of the population.