Question

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps the Government plans to take to raise the number of people registered to vote.

Voter registration is now easier and more convenient than ever before with the launch of on-line registration. Applying to register now takes as little as 2-3 minutes and has been a big success so far – over 3 million people have applied to register to vote under Individual Electoral Registration, the majority on-line and over 90% of users are satisfied with the on-line service.

We have also invested £4.2 million shared across every ERO in Great Britain and 5 national organisations to support the costs of activities aimed at increasing the rate of voter registration.