§ Mr. LetwinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the Register of Electors is made available in electronic form to commercial mailing companies. [58253]
§ Mr. George HowarthRegulation 55 of the Representation of the People Regulations 1986 gives electoral registration officers a discretionary power to supply electronic data copies of the register to non-electoral users. A fee is charged to cover the costs incurred.
The sale of the electoral register is being considered by the Working Party on Electoral Procedures, which I chair, following a short consultation exercise in the summer. One of the issues to be explored further will be the availability of copies of the register and the fee charged.