Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 21147

Absent Voting: Registration

Tabled: 18 December 2024
Answered: 9 January 2025

Question

Andy MacNae

LabourRossendale and Darwen

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing the requirement for a national insurance number on postal vote registration forms.

Answer

Rushanara Ali
The requirement to provide a National Insurance Number when applying for a postal vote acts to ensure that the person making the application is the same individual entitled to apply for the postal vote and mirrors the longstanding practice when registerin...

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