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 proportion of (a) male and (b) female electors in each ethnic grouping for which data is held who do not have a national insurance number.

The Electoral Commission has made no such estimate. National Insurance Numbers are allocated by the Department for Work and Pensions and the Commission does not hold any data on this process.

Under individual electoral registration, there is an exceptions process which enables individuals who do not have a National Insurance Number to register to vote.