Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people who would be registered to vote if automatic voter registration was introduced compared to the current electoral roll; and what assessment they have made of the effect automatic voter registration would have on (1) people under 30 years old; (2) people over 65 years old; (3) people from a Black, Asian or Minority ethnic heritage; and (4) people from a socio-economic groups (a) C2, (b) D and (c) E.
The Government has made no estimate of the impact of automatic voter registration on the numbers registered to vote, nor any assessment of the effect of automatic voter registration on specific groups.