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tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
min answer › date of answer	2018-11-19
question first answered	2023-04-20T15:15:27.833Z
house id	1
min question first answered	2023-03-22T14:22:11.79Z

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17/04/2023

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Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

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Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

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Voter Authority Certificates

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To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many people applied for a Voter Authority Certificate in England as of 1 April 2023; and how many and what proportion of these applications were rejected.

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North Shropshire

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Helen Morgan

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20/04/2023

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I refer the Hon. Member to the response given to the Urgent Question on 21 February 2023 (<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&data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cecd28dd48f0542f8ced208db4183fec8%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638175807400478177%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Qkf7w4E32c3tLlAwJzCg1u%2BUTTFU2x9YTTX8ItsXcYQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">Official Report, HC, Volume 728, Column 138</a>), to Question <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-14%2F165271&data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cecd28dd48f0542f8ced208db4183fec8%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638175807400478177%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=awDq7FZYd8CJsT13PEanSAFobOM2b74pukGjazYXzpc%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">UIN 165271</a> on 20 March 2023 and Question <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-22%2F171447&data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cecd28dd48f0542f8ced208db4183fec8%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638175807400478177%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=CEJldAZk4h5sZUIzq2mpe%2FEv6yuJsCwk6ryGrivFBg0%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">UIN 171447</a> on 31 March 2023.The Government published an <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.parliament.uk%2Fpa%2Fbills%2Fcbill%2F58-02%2F0138%2F2021-07-01ElectoralIntegrityBillEqualityImpactAssessment.pdf&data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cecd28dd48f0542f8ced208db4183fec8%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638175807400478177%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=gRVDnkZimpNv7yrmFGqDLeTl1Scmi8QvQZpuNgLN9wg%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">Equality Impact Assessment of the Elections Act</a>. This included consideration of the impact on people with protected characteristics.The Electoral Commission is responsible for the communications campaign to help voters understand the new requirement to present identification to vote. This has included work with civil society groups and other stakeholders, including organisations that represent disabled people.As is already publicly available, an easy read version of the application form for the Voter Authority Certificate is on gov.uk and from the Electoral Commission and easy read instructions are available to support people to apply online. The Government has also legislated to require that accessible information be sent with the Voter Authority Certificate to electors that request it, including in easy read.

answering member constituency

Bishop Auckland

answering member printed

Dehenna Davison

grouped question UIN

180946
180947
181129

question first answered

20/04/2023 15:15:27

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label	Biography information for Helen Morgan