This is an operational matter for the Audit Commission and I have asked the chief executive of the Audit Commission to write to the hon. Member directly.
Letter from Steve Bundred:
Parliamentary Question on what research the Audit Commission (a) has undertaken and (b) is planning to undertake into the accuracy of the electoral register.
Your Parliamentary Question on what research the Audit Commission (a) has undertaken and (b) is planning to undertake into the accuracy of the electoral register has been passed to me for reply.
The Audit Commission has not undertaken, and is not planning to undertake, any research into the accuracy of the electoral register as it does not have the powers to do so. The electoral register is available publicly, and can be challenged, which is how it is ‘policed’.
A copy of this letter will be placed in the House of Commons Library.