Deputy Prime Minister written question – answered at on 26 October 2010.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what recent assessment he has made of the accuracy of the electoral register.
The Government have not made such an assessment. However, the Electoral Commission in its March 2010 report 'The completeness and accuracy of electoral registers in Great Britain' found:
"... it is likely that the accuracy of the registers remains broadly similar to past decades" and that:
"... the major source of inaccuracy remains electors moving home and not informing the relevant Electoral Registration Officer (ERO)".
It is clear that more can be done to support accuracy. To this end, the Government have announced the implementation of individual electoral registration from 2014, which will ensure that only those entitled to vote will get on the register, so bringing greater protection against electoral fraud.
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