Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether changes to the electoral registration process are needed to ensure that people are aware of the civil penalties for non-compliance with the registration process; and what proportion of Electoral Registration Officers use registration forms that inform people of these penalties.

All Electoral Registration Officers are obliged by the Representation of the People Regulations 2001 to use the registration application forms designed by the Electoral Commission and approved by Government Ministers. Applicants filling in these forms are required to make a declaration that they understand that failure to make an application when required to do so could result in a civil penalty being issued.