questionText: 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 Parliamentary elections in Great Britain, (ii) Scottish Parliamentary elections, (iii) local elections in England, (iv) local elections in Wales, (v) local elections in Scotland, (vi) Welsh Senedd elections and (vii) elections in Northern Ireland.
answerText: 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...
heading: Elections: Proof of Identity