Question follow-through · 1198
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the proportion of adults without photographic identification.
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
- 14 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 May 2026
- Answer
- 19 May 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the proportion of adults without photographic identification.
19 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 May 2026
Answer published
Research by Verian, commissioned by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, found that 2-4% of the 18+ UK population do not own an accepted form of identification that would enable them to vote in person at a polling station. The Govern...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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