Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 5629

Prisoners: Voting Rights

Tabled: 12 September 2024
Answered: 18 October 2024

Question

Mrs Kemi Badenoch

ConservativeNorth West Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving prisoners the right to vote. .

Answer

Alex Norris
There has been no change to the Government’s position on prisoner voting rights.