Question follow-through · 7996

General Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of compulsory voting in (a) local and (b) general elections.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

About this written question

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Answering body: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled: 8 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 10 Oct 2024
Answer: 16 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

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Recorded timeline

8 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of compulsory voting in (a) local and (b) general elections.
10 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Oct 2024
Answer published
No assessment of compulsory voting has been made.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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