Nick Smith
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Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab)
What further Government or private sector databases are the Minister’s Department thinking of using to boost registration among young people?
John Penrose
The hon. Gentleman raised this point with me a little while ago and asked about credit reference agencies, among others. We might be able to use other sources of data, but some base a lot of their information on the electoral roll itself, so we would need to ensure that the process did not become circular. There may be things that other people can add, however, and all sources of data offer potential ways to reduce the cost, and improve the quality and speed, of our registration efforts.