Electoral Registration (Hansard, 12 March 1996)

§ Mrs. Anne Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been prosecuted and fined for refusing to enter their names on the electoral register in each of the last five years. [19690]

§ Mr. Sackville
This information is not held centrally.

§ Mr. David Porter
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to use improved technology to provide for a closing date for absent vote applications nearer the date of elections; what proposals he has to abolish dies non in future calculations of election timetables; and if he will make a statement. [19803]

§ Mr. Sackville
The Government have been considering the question of changing the closing date for the receipt of absent voting applications and hope to make an announcement soon. There are no plans to abolish dies non.

§ Mr. Porter
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to use improved technology to provide for a qualifying date for electoral registration nearer the publication of the electoral register; and if he will make a statement. [19804]

§ Mr. Sackville
The great majority of electoral registration officers already make extensive use of technology, but still require all the time between the qualifying date and the publication of the register to meet the current statutory provisions. There are no plans to change either date.