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date less than 2017-12-12more like thismore than 2017-12-12
answering body
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission more like this
answering dept id 36 more like this
answering dept short name Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission more like this
answering dept sort name Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission more like this
hansard heading Polling Stations: Learning Disability more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what training and guidance polling station staff receive before elections on the (a) challenges faced by and (b) support available to people with a learning disability. more like this
tabling member constituency Lancaster and Fleetwood more like this
tabling member printed
Cat Smith more like this
uin 118798 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-12-14more like thismore than 2017-12-14
answer text <p>Ahead of any election, the Commission provides resources for Returning Officers including training material, to ensure anyone who is eligible to vote is able to do so with confidence. It is the responsibility of Returning Officers to deliver training to polling station staff.</p><p>The Commission’s Polling Station Handbook contains specific guidance for polling station staff on what support any person with a learning disability can request in order to be able to cast their vote.</p><p>The Commission’s recent ‘Elections for Everyone’ report – which looks specifically at issues of access to elections for those with disabilities – contains a number of recommendations to ensure there are no barriers to any person with a learning disability being able to cast their vote.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South more like this
answering member printed Bridget Phillipson more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-12-14T16:16:30.81Zmore like thismore than 2017-12-14T16:16:30.81Z
answering member
4046
label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson more like this
tabling member
4436
label Biography information for Cat Smith more like this