Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Deputy Prime Minister

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-05-06.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to collate information on the (a) amount spent by local authorities on electoral registration, (b) number of staff employed by local authorities on electoral registration and (c) local authorities with the (i) highest and (ii) lowest levels of electoral registration.

Greg Clark

Following the transition to the Individual Electoral Registration. The Electoral Commission aims to establish a model which can provide detailed information on financial spend by Electoral Registration Officers and Returning Officers, and the activities the expenditure relates to, including the impact on performance.

The Office of National Statistics already holds information on those local authorities with the highest and lowest levels of registration.