Electoral Fraud

Part of Cabinet Office and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 5 July 2017.

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Photo of Chris Skidmore Chris Skidmore Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Cabinet Office) 12:00, 5 July 2017

The electoral register is held by 380 electoral registration officers. It is right that that remains locally accountable to communities. We do not intend to introduce any central registration system, which would cost upwards of £80 million, but we are interested in looking at this issue, which is a serious one. As I said, I am meeting the Electoral Commission and look forward to taking forward proposals in due course.