House of Lords written question – answered at on 14 February 2011.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they encourage national and local political parties to organise campaigns to encourage people to complete electoral registration forms.
The Government do not have a role in encouraging party political activity on the ground, but remain committed to considering what more can be done to improve registration rates.
Responsibility for registering electors lies with individual electoral registration officers (EROs) based within local authorities. Each ERO is under a duty to take all steps that are necessary to maintain their registers.
The Electoral Commission provides guidance to EROs in undertaking electoral registration, and sets and monitors performance standards for EROs. It also undertakes work to promote public awareness of electoral registration.
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To complement the move to IER the Government intend to test data matching schemes during 2011 with the aim of identifying eligible electors who are not on the electoral register. Participating EROs will be able to compare the electoral register against other public databases and find people missing from the register. If these test schemes are successful, the Government will consider rolling out data matching nationally as a means of encouraging electoral registration.
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