Written question asked by Lord Garden (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Drayson (Labour) on Monday, 20 March 2006.

Armed Forces: Voter Registration

Question: What were the results of the Ministry of Defence survey into voter registration and voting in the Armed Forces at the 2005 general election; how many survey forms were issued; and how many were returned.

Answer: The Defence Analytical Services Agency (DASA) conducted the survey on behalf of the Ministry of Defence; 8,849 survey forms were sent out (of which 112 were returned unopened) and 3,923 were returned completed, which equates to a response rate of around 45 per cent. This achieves the target set by DASA when designing the survey.Results are not available yet but DASA is in the process of analysing returned forms and expects to deliver a report to Ministers by the end of this month.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 4547; 680 c3WA
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Armed forces Electoral register Voting behaviour Surveys General Election 2005
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk