Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026, to Question 5418, on Electoral Register, whether her Department has considered the potential for asymmetric effects on the equality of boundary reviews and electoral quotas by (a) the Parliamentary Boundary Commissions and (b) Local Government Boundary Commissions, of automatic voter registration pilots which were not universal across localities with scope of the relevant reviews.

As set out in the Representation of the People Bill, the Government intends to move towards more automated forms of electoral registration, in order to increase the completeness and accuracy of electoral registers, and make registration easier. In line with other recent developments in electoral administration, conducting short term pilots in a range of local authority areas will play a crucial role in achieving these longer term objectives, by helping to ensure that any implementation of permanent changes to electoral registration result in more eligible people being accurately registered.