Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how successfully local authorities will be able to implement the new Voter ID legislation at the local elections in May.

I refer the Noble Lady to the Commons UQ response here, to the Cabinet Office published survey on levels of ownership of photographic identification, and to the New Burdens funding methodology for the Elections Act 2022 available here.

Information regarding applications for Voter Authority Certificates is published online. The rejection of an application is a matter for the relevant Electoral Registration Officer.

The Association of Electoral Administrators is providing relevant training for Returning Officers.

The Office for Students encourages higher education providers to promote electoral registration. Students can register at their home address or their term-time address or both.