Question follow-through · 109461

Revenue and Customs: Electoral Register

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a) making HMRC taxpayer data available to Electoral Registration Officers for the purposes of Automatic Voter Registration, and b) allowing people who update t

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Treasury
Tabled
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
2 Feb 2026
Answer
6 Feb 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 28 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a) making HMRC taxpayer data available to Electoral Registration Officers for the purposes of Automatic Voter Registration, and b) allowing people who update t

  2. 2 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 6 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The taxpayer information HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) holds is subject to a strict statutory duty of confidentiality. HMRC will share taxpayer information however, where there is a lawful basis to do so and to support wider government objectives. In July...

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