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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the expiry dates of postal voting mandates for individual electors with postal votes.

The Electoral Commission, as the independent electoral regulator, holds responsibility for issuing guidance to Electoral Registration Officers on electoral registration, including on the expiry dates of postal voting mandates for individual electors with postal votes. The Government continues to support local authorities as they undertake activity related to the expiry of postal vote arrangements through New Burdens funding and engagement with the electoral sector.