Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Electoral Integrity Pilots Prospectus 2018, whether his Department has met its provisional timetable for finalising and approving the statutory orders for the 2019 electoral pilots; and if his Department will publish those statutory orders.

The British public deserves to have confidence in our democracy and the Government is committed to making sure that our electoral system is fit for the future.

Preparations for the 2019 voter ID pilots are on track and the pilot scheme orders are nearing completion. As with the 2018 pilot scheme orders they will be published on GOV.UK.

The success of the voter ID pilots in May 2018 proves that voter ID is a reasonable and

proportionate measure. A diverse range of local authorities will be taking part in voter ID pilots for the 2019 local elections. The pilots will give us a deeper understanding of how voter ID might work on a wider scale and in different contexts, enabling us to identify what works best for voters.