Oral QuestionSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

“To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Committee will make an assessment of the potential effect of the Elections Act 2022 on the impartiality of the Electoral Commission.”

Tabled: 30 August 2022Answered: 8 September 2022

Answering Minister

the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending (Catherine McKinnell)

The distribution of property used by the Probation Service’s accommodation service is regularly reviewed to meet local need, operational requirements and community considerations, as we need to ensure that the properties are allocated appropriately and that there is sufficient capacity.