Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Deputy Prime Minister

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-03-26.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2013, Official Report, column 443W, on electoral register, what progress he has made with private sector credit reference agencies on ensuring the completeness and accuracy of the electoral register.

Greg Clark

The Government is using public data to confirm the vast majority of electors on the register when the transition to individual electoral registration takes place this year.

There are no plans to use private sector credit reference agency data.