Question follow-through · 20358
British Nationals Abroad: Electoral Register
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to support overseas British citizens to register to vote as part of the processing for applying or reviewing their British passport.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to support overseas British citizens to register to vote as part of the processing for applying or reviewing their British passport.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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8 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to introducing a more automated approach to electoral registration over the coming years and is actively exploring ways to do so. We intend to test a range of new automated approaches that make better use of data and make the p...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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