Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the electoral registration app for smart phones recently launched in Dundee; and what plans they have to encourage the use of smart phone technology to facilitate voter registration, particularly amongst young people.

The Government welcomes all activity by local Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to promote the online channel for voter registration.

We have introduced online registration which makes registering to vote quicker and more accessible than ever before and can be done on a smartphone, tablet or PC in around 5 minutes. Since 10 June over 900,000 18-24 year olds have applied to register to vote with over 700,000 of these applications having been made on-line.