Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent representations his Department has received on the votes at 16 campaign.

The Government has received a wide range of representations on the issue of voting age from individuals across age groups, including school children doing research projects as well as from MPs and Local Government institutions on behalf of their constituents. There has been a noticeable increase in such communication in the last month, in the run up to and following the debate on the Representation of the People (Young People’s Enfranchisement and Education) Private Member’s Bill, which took place on 3 November 2017. There is no consensus across received representations - some letters support lowering the voting age and others do not.