Question

To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what estimate the Electoral Commission has made of the effect of a full canvass of electors in Northern Ireland in 2012 and 2013 on registration levels in Northern Ireland.

The Electoral Commission conducted an evaluation of the 2013 canvass in Northern Ireland. The findings are outlined in its ‘Report on the Northern Ireland electoral registration canvass 2013’ published in April 2014 and available on the Electoral Commission website.

Copies of the report are also available in the Library of the House of Commons.