Question follow-through · 1198
Absent Voting: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to (a) review and (b) amend the requirement for people over the age of 66 with a postal vote to reapply for their postal vote every three years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 23 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 25 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 31 Jul 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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- Community Ownership Fund · 24 Jul 2024
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Recorded timeline
23 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to (a) review and (b) amend the requirement for people over the age of 66 with a postal vote to reapply for their postal vote every three years.
25 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Jul 2024
Answer published
The Electoral Commission will publish a report on the administration of the General Election held on 4 July later this year, and the Government will give careful consideration to any findings or recommendations made in the report in relation to the curren...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Community Ownership Fund
24 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her plans are for Round 4 Window (a) 1 and (b) 2 of the Community Ownership Fund.
Absent Voting: Postal Services
5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Royal Mail's on its ability to deliver outgoing and returned postal votes.