Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to work with universities, colleges and further education providers to integrate electoral registration into academic enrolment before (a) the May 2016 elections and EU referendum and (b) the 2016-17 academic year.

The Cabinet Office has previously supported Sheffield and Cardiff Universities in piloting such initatives. The Government is also working with student organistions such as Universities UK, and Association of Colleges to support the drive to ensure as many eligible people as possible are registered to vote.

Though for the most part, academic enrolment will not commence until September Higher education institutions, including Universities, are free to choose to integrate registration with their student enrolment processes. We strongly encourage them to do so.