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1657390

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Electoral Commission’s findings in its interim report on the impact of voter ID on voting accessibility during the 2023 local elections in England; and if he will make a statement in response to the Commission's full report.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	196991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the Electoral Commission's interim report on the May 2023 polls, which shows that the vast majority of voters - 99.75% - cast their vote.</p><p>We will, as set out in legislation, be conducting an evaluation of the implementation of voter identification at the May polls. We are now analysing the Commission's data in more detail and conducting further research with electors and electoral administrators to understand the impact of the new rules. We will publish our evaluation in November.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 11/09/2023 14:35:35 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1606316

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March to Question 165270 on Local Government: Elections, and with reference to Tables 1 and 7 of the guidance on Elections Act New Burdens funding methodology: voter identification and accessibility published by his Department on 19 December 2022, whether the grant for poll station staff training will cover the training of officers at polling stations on determining whether photographs are recognisable.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	171441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhansard.parliament.uk%2Fcommons%2F2023-02-21%2Fdebates%2FE941CE91-95D6-4EB8-B3E2-46059027B909%2FVoterIdentification&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=76iam94raZzerx0s8K2DiMhhfSv%2BsGRL53U6zeBLdb8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Urgent Question response on 21 February 2023</a>, and to the oral answer given on Monday 27 March (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhansard.parliament.uk%2FCommons%2F2023-03-27%2Fdebates%2F2DDCCE09-9B09-452D-A06F-7AB3EA08B68E%2FBuildingSafetyCostsSupportForLeaseholders&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Eb%2FSZf43dSFun3h%2BC2pA2oasyk4HZbis6FSI0Q12jbE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Official Report, HC, Volume 730, Column 646</a>). I also refer to answers given to Questions UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-14%2F165395&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=oano5hc3crcbHYlgQRz5i7rJBqRgsHZGCGvWrzn75gI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">165395</a> on 22 March 2023, UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-14%2F165396&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2B5u0cBQK50TGNmtQWkJo9FVSQ7nwI3XnjnA6Xcn6EoU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">165396</a> on 22 March 2023, UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-14%2F165273&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jRrI5QCZTKWIddaoI9bLhy1SYVPFsa4gcaHOAMwS8YI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">165273</a> on 17 March 2023, UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-14%2F165280&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2HOPSpLx3x3fZpASWuG%2BQk0U73ZelZCSMSpe%2FYeBgnU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">165280</a> on 17 March 2023, UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-14%2F165271&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=g16a8dYnTn9UNJnYMvNHFXjqkUcv6J0t1qaAxZ37wKE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">165271</a> on 20 March 2023 and UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2022-11-18%2F90823&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=USzFxvGMJlGsEhEN5n7xotTpKe8gJd%2B9wOTsMKq2ZqQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">90823</a> 23 November 2022. Data on the declared ethnicity of applicants for Voter Authority Certificates is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 171442 171443 171444 171445 171446 171447 question first answered 31/03/2023 10:09:53 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1606320

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March to Question 165272 on Local Government: Elections, if he will publish guidance on the criteria by which a photographic ID is deemed recognisable of the individual holding that identification.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	171442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhansard.parliament.uk%2Fcommons%2F2023-02-21%2Fdebates%2FE941CE91-95D6-4EB8-B3E2-46059027B909%2FVoterIdentification&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=76iam94raZzerx0s8K2DiMhhfSv%2BsGRL53U6zeBLdb8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Urgent Question response on 21 February 2023</a>, and to the oral answer given on Monday 27 March (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhansard.parliament.uk%2FCommons%2F2023-03-27%2Fdebates%2F2DDCCE09-9B09-452D-A06F-7AB3EA08B68E%2FBuildingSafetyCostsSupportForLeaseholders&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Eb%2FSZf43dSFun3h%2BC2pA2oasyk4HZbis6FSI0Q12jbE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Official Report, HC, Volume 730, Column 646</a>). I also refer to answers given to Questions UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-14%2F165395&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=oano5hc3crcbHYlgQRz5i7rJBqRgsHZGCGvWrzn75gI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">165395</a> on 22 March 2023, UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-14%2F165396&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2B5u0cBQK50TGNmtQWkJo9FVSQ7nwI3XnjnA6Xcn6EoU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">165396</a> on 22 March 2023, UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-14%2F165273&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jRrI5QCZTKWIddaoI9bLhy1SYVPFsa4gcaHOAMwS8YI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">165273</a> on 17 March 2023, UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-14%2F165280&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2HOPSpLx3x3fZpASWuG%2BQk0U73ZelZCSMSpe%2FYeBgnU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">165280</a> on 17 March 2023, UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-14%2F165271&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=g16a8dYnTn9UNJnYMvNHFXjqkUcv6J0t1qaAxZ37wKE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">165271</a> on 20 March 2023 and UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2022-11-18%2F90823&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=USzFxvGMJlGsEhEN5n7xotTpKe8gJd%2B9wOTsMKq2ZqQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">90823</a> 23 November 2022. Data on the declared ethnicity of applicants for Voter Authority Certificates is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 171441 171443 171444 171445 171446 171447 question first answered 31/03/2023 10:09:53 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1606322

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Pursuant to the Answer of 17 March to Question 165273 on Local Government: Elections, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of voter ID measures on the number of minority and ethnic voters expected to exercise their right to vote.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	171443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhansard.parliament.uk%2Fcommons%2F2023-02-21%2Fdebates%2FE941CE91-95D6-4EB8-B3E2-46059027B909%2FVoterIdentification&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=76iam94raZzerx0s8K2DiMhhfSv%2BsGRL53U6zeBLdb8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Urgent Question response on 21 February 2023</a>, and to the oral answer given on Monday 27 March (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhansard.parliament.uk%2FCommons%2F2023-03-27%2Fdebates%2F2DDCCE09-9B09-452D-A06F-7AB3EA08B68E%2FBuildingSafetyCostsSupportForLeaseholders&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Eb%2FSZf43dSFun3h%2BC2pA2oasyk4HZbis6FSI0Q12jbE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Official Report, HC, Volume 730, Column 646</a>). I also refer to answers given to Questions UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-14%2F165395&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=oano5hc3crcbHYlgQRz5i7rJBqRgsHZGCGvWrzn75gI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">165395</a> on 22 March 2023, UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-14%2F165396&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2B5u0cBQK50TGNmtQWkJo9FVSQ7nwI3XnjnA6Xcn6EoU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">165396</a> on 22 March 2023, UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-14%2F165273&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jRrI5QCZTKWIddaoI9bLhy1SYVPFsa4gcaHOAMwS8YI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">165273</a> on 17 March 2023, UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-14%2F165280&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2HOPSpLx3x3fZpASWuG%2BQk0U73ZelZCSMSpe%2FYeBgnU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">165280</a> on 17 March 2023, UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-14%2F165271&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=g16a8dYnTn9UNJnYMvNHFXjqkUcv6J0t1qaAxZ37wKE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">165271</a> on 20 March 2023 and UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2022-11-18%2F90823&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=USzFxvGMJlGsEhEN5n7xotTpKe8gJd%2B9wOTsMKq2ZqQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">90823</a> 23 November 2022. Data on the declared ethnicity of applicants for Voter Authority Certificates is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 171441 171442 171444 171445 171446 171447 question first answered 31/03/2023 10:09:53 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1606323

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March to Question 165280 on Local Government: Elections, if he will make an estimate of the number of eligible voters who may be unable to vote at polling stations under the new Voter ID legislation because of a lack of (a) acceptable ID and (b) awareness of the new requirements.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	171444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhansard.parliament.uk%2Fcommons%2F2023-02-21%2Fdebates%2FE941CE91-95D6-4EB8-B3E2-46059027B909%2FVoterIdentification&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=76iam94raZzerx0s8K2DiMhhfSv%2BsGRL53U6zeBLdb8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Urgent Question response on 21 February 2023</a>, and to the oral answer given on Monday 27 March (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhansard.parliament.uk%2FCommons%2F2023-03-27%2Fdebates%2F2DDCCE09-9B09-452D-A06F-7AB3EA08B68E%2FBuildingSafetyCostsSupportForLeaseholders&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Eb%2FSZf43dSFun3h%2BC2pA2oasyk4HZbis6FSI0Q12jbE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Official Report, HC, Volume 730, Column 646</a>). I also refer to answers given to Questions UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-14%2F165395&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=oano5hc3crcbHYlgQRz5i7rJBqRgsHZGCGvWrzn75gI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">165395</a> on 22 March 2023, UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-14%2F165396&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2B5u0cBQK50TGNmtQWkJo9FVSQ7nwI3XnjnA6Xcn6EoU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">165396</a> on 22 March 2023, UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-14%2F165273&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jRrI5QCZTKWIddaoI9bLhy1SYVPFsa4gcaHOAMwS8YI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">165273</a> on 17 March 2023, UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-14%2F165280&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2HOPSpLx3x3fZpASWuG%2BQk0U73ZelZCSMSpe%2FYeBgnU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">165280</a> on 17 March 2023, UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-14%2F165271&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=g16a8dYnTn9UNJnYMvNHFXjqkUcv6J0t1qaAxZ37wKE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">165271</a> on 20 March 2023 and UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2022-11-18%2F90823&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cfa00aa5df2a24785280208db31010bb1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638157652773237594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=USzFxvGMJlGsEhEN5n7xotTpKe8gJd%2B9wOTsMKq2ZqQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">90823</a> 23 November 2022. Data on the declared ethnicity of applicants for Voter Authority Certificates is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 171441 171442 171443 171445 171446 171447 question first answered 31/03/2023 10:09:53 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1540066

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which security features he is considering recommending on the (a) free voter authority certificates and (b) anonymous elector’s document required in May 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	80754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>Schedule 1 of the Elections Act 2022 sets out the forms of identification that will be accepted at polling stations in order to receive a ballot paper. Driving licences are an accepted form of identification, and this includes provisional driving licences.</p><p>Everyone who is eligible to vote will continue to have the opportunity to do so. Research has shown that the overwhelming majority of electors already have accepted identification. Any eligible voter who does not have one of the wide range of acceptable forms of photographic identification will be able to apply for a free Voter Authority Certificate from their local authority.</p><p>The Electoral Commission will deliver a national communications campaign for voter identification. Funding will be provided to local authorities to cover additional costs as a result of the changes, in line with established government policy. Further information will be announced in due course in the appropriate way.</p><p>A range of security features will be present on both the Voter Authority Certificate and Anonymous Elector's Document and these have been developed in conjunction with suppliers and HM Passport Office.</p><p>There will be overt security measures present to allow quick and easy confirmation should a document's validity be in question. However, it is established good practice not to publish the full details of all security features, as doing so would expose them to those who may attempt to forge or tamper with them. Withholding a degree of information is essential to ensure these documents' security remains intact.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 80665 80666 80879 question first answered 16/11/2022 17:35:57 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley previous answer version 34104 answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1359985

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2021 to Question 48273 on Elections: Proof of Identity, if he will publish the names of the projects within the Electoral Integrity Programme that are supporting the implementation of the changes created by the Elections Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	57114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Electoral Integrity Programme is running concurrent projects to support the delivery of primary legislation, secondary legislation, digital delivery and business change. Within the programme are roles responsible for the implementation of the changes created by the Elections Bill. We continue to work with local authorities, the Electoral Commission, charities and civil society organisations to make sure that reforms are delivered in a way that is inclusive for all voters.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 56647 question first answered 25/10/2021 16:50:23 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1359989

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2021 to Question 48273, on Elections: Proof of Identity, whether his Department has appointed a voter ID implementation lead, or equivalent role, in the last three months.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	56647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Electoral Integrity Programme is running concurrent projects to support the delivery of primary legislation, secondary legislation, digital delivery and business change. Within the programme are roles responsible for the implementation of the changes created by the Elections Bill. We continue to work with local authorities, the Electoral Commission, charities and civil society organisations to make sure that reforms are delivered in a way that is inclusive for all voters.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 57114 question first answered 25/10/2021 16:50:23 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1359997

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Government's voter ID plans, whether student IDs covered by the PASS scheme will be accepted as valid ID to vote.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	56652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>As set out in Schedule 1, Paragraph 15 of the Elections Bill, any identity card covered by the PASS scheme that shows a photograph of the bearer will be accepted as valid identification for the purpose of voting at a polling station.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 21/10/2021 15:10:29 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch previous answer version 25468 answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1354879

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2021
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has appointed a voter ID implementation lead, or equivalent role, in the last three months.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	48273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>The Elections Bill will update elections law and deliver on a number of manifesto commitments to protect our democracy, and ensure that it remains secure, modern, transparent and fair.</p><p>The Electoral Integrity Programme is running projects to support the successful implementation of the changes created by the Elections Bill.</p><p>We continue to work with local authorities, the Electoral Commission, charities and civil society organisations to make sure that reforms are delivered in a way that is inclusive for all voters.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 23/09/2021 16:15:29 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith