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min date	2023-05-09
ddp modified	2023-05-16T16:11:21.026Z
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hansard heading	Local Government: Elections

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registered interest

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09/05/2023

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Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

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211

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Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

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Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

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Local Government: Elections

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25259

pref label	House of Commons

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To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether any people were turned away from voting on Thursday 4 May 2023 because they were wearing religious head dress.

tabling member constituency

Manchester, Gorton

tabling member printed

Afzal Khan

uin

184187

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

16/05/2023

answer text

Regarding the assessment of the potential impact of voter identification on levels of fraud and turnout levels at the May 2023 local elections, I refer the Hon. Member to the response given to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-09%2F162192&data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C45360cc53fcd4f6bb89008db561cec60%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638198454436757290%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=dxL%2Fu1p09KSoVODC2ggMbKb5GDBwdjcONbzFXgi0hwU%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">162192 </a>on 14 March 2023.Regarding the list of accepted forms of identification and the equality impact assessment, I refer the Hon. Member to the response to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-05-05%2F183968&data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C45360cc53fcd4f6bb89008db561cec60%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638198454436757290%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=TBaawkGvf4KCjIH891CoxfFRPnUILk6E4VtTbB%2BJiDc%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">183968</a> and to UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-04-17%2F180947&data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C45360cc53fcd4f6bb89008db561cec60%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638198454436757290%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2Bs%2Bpa8GdP7HkB3oSSuwd3cY78wgP7Dg4%2FnKt%2FlCDxzI%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">180947</a> on 16 May 2023 and 20 April 2023.No eligible electors should be turned away due to wearing religious head dress. Privacy screens or private areas must be, by law, available in all polling stations for electors who may wish to have their identity checked in private.I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-04-27%2F183152&data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C45360cc53fcd4f6bb89008db561cec60%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638198454436757290%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1jotLKo1OiqMtbPCNK2%2FD1YkJ0Zn%2B8G9gMnmnqElHHo%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">183152</a> on 9 May 2023.

answering member constituency

Bishop Auckland

answering member printed

Dehenna Davison

grouped question UIN

184222
184775
184776

question first answered

16/05/2023 15:39:42

answering member

4737

label	Biography information for Dehenna Davison

tabling member

4671

label	Biography information for Afzal Khan