Chris Ruane
Labour, Vale of Clwyd
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will publish all correspondence it holds on postal ballot fraud.
Gary Streeter
Conservative, South West Devon
The Commission informs me that it is unable to fulfil this request on the grounds of the significant costs of searching for and extracting the comprehensive volume of relevant correspondence and published materials required. Much of this correspondence also includes confidential or personal data that would have to be withheld.
The Commission's final report, Electoral Fraud in the UK—final report and recommendations, includes respondents' views on postal vote fraud. This report is available on the Commission's website here:
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