Question follow-through · 13147
Elections: Proof of Identity
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what use of National Insurance numbers is made to verify (a) electoral registration, (b) postal vote registration and (c) the submission of completed postal votes, for (i) in UK
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 25 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 3 Jul 2026 · 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
25 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what use of National Insurance numbers is made to verify (a) electoral registration, (b) postal vote registration and (c) the submission of completed postal votes, for (i) in UK
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Jul 2026
Answer published
Applicants for electoral registration in Great Britain are required to provide a National Insurance number or, if they are not able to do so, the reason they cannot provide it. The applicant’s National Insurance number is checked to confirm that the detai...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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