Question follow-through · 21195
Voting Methods: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to Returning Officers to cover the costs of accessible voting devices that excee
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 9 Jan 2025 · 22 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to Returning Officers to cover the costs of accessible voting devices that excee
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Elections Act 2022 requires Returning Officers to consider and provide support for electors with all forms of disability, including varying degrees of sight loss. The Tactile Voting Device, introduced in 2001, has proven effective for some voters with...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Parking: Fees and Charges
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