To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what steps her Department is taking to collate information from the Crown Prosecution Service on the level of electoral fraud and the number of investigations into alleged fraud. (119499)

My Department has previously obtained information from the CPS on the number of prosecutions for election offences. My officials, together with those in the Electoral Commission, are currently exploring with the CPS whether we can differentiate between allegations of electoral fraud and other election offences, as well as include cases of electoral malpractice where the charges may have been brought under offences not specific to elections.