Lord Lexden – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lexden on 2015-11-02.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will ensure that local electoral registration offices in England and Wales work closely with schools, as has been done in Northern Ireland, to increase the number of young people registered to vote.

Lord Bridges of Headley

Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) in Great Britain already work with their local schools and colleges to identify and register young people.

In a report before the start of the current canvass of electors in Great Britain, the Electoral Commission called on all EROs to update their local public engagement strategies for the canvass. The Commission noted that strategies should reflect the activity EROs intended to carry out to target under-registered groups, such as attainers.