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

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adverse impact on the ability of young people to vote as a result of the voter identification provisions of the Elections Act 2022; whether all those eligible to vote will have access to acceptable forms of identity documents irrespective of age; and what steps they are taking to (1) monitor, and (2) assess, the effects of the new voter identification system amongst all age groups at the local elections in May.

I refer the Noble Marquess to the debate on Voter Identification at HC volume 728, column 138, debated on 21 February 2023, and to the answer given to PQ HL 6447, and the debate on Voter ID at HC volume 731, column 919, debated on 27 April 2023.

Regarding the steps taken to monitor and assess the effects of voter identification, I refer the Noble Lord to the response given on 14 March to PQ 162192 .