Electoral Register: Fines

(asked on 7th July 2015) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many civil penalties for non-compliance with the electoral registration process have been issued since the penalty system was introduced; and what steps they plan to take to increase awareness of such civil penalties.


This question was answered on 21st July 2015

Civil penalty notices are issued on a local basis by Electoral Registration Officers (EROs); there is no requirement for an ERO to inform the Government where this occurs, therefore no information is held centrally on the number of civil penalty notices issued. A civil penalty notice once issued may be cancelled at the ERO’s discretion or if the person makes an application to register.

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 notice being issued.

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