Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what standards a polling station must adhere to on accessibility for disabled people.

We continue to work with local authorities, charities, and civil society organisations, including those who represent people with disabilities, to help ensure that voter identification is accessible for everybody.

Local authorities are responsible for designating polling places and the law requires them to make sure that, as far as is practicable, these are accessible to the local community, including those voters with a disability.

The Elections Act 2022 will require Returning Officers to consider the needs of a wider range of disabled voters in polling stations and will remove restrictions on who can help disabled voters to cast their vote.