Question follow-through · 128543
Absent Voting
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish his Department's review on deadlines and practices relating to the dispatching of postal ballots.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 20 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 23 Apr 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Communities and local government
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- Park Homes: Sales · 1 Jul 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
20 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish his Department's review on deadlines and practices relating to the dispatching of postal ballots.
23 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to strengthening the resilience of our electoral processes, including the postal voting system. In the 2025 policy paper, Restoring trust in our democracy: Our strategy for modern and secure elections the Government set out a p...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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