Sales of full electoral roll

Hi

Just to clarify the statutory position regarding the register of
electors, a revised register is published each year at the beginning of
December and during the following 9 months (January to September),
monthly updates are produced of additions/deletions to the register. Two
registers are produced -

1. The full register, contains details of all registered electors. The
full register is available for inspection under supervision by members
of the public. It may be supplied and sold to certain specific people
and organisations - primarily political parties for electoral purposes,
and credit reference agencies - subject to restrictions on its use. The
main use of the full register is to show who can vote in elections and
referendums. Credit reference agencies can use it, but only to check
names and addresses when people apply for credit, and for other purposes
specified in law. It can also be used for crime prevention and law
enforcement by organisations such as the police and security services.
The full register cannot be supplied to any other organisation that is
not permitted under the regulations.

2. The edited register is available for sale to anyone for any purpose.
Members of the public can choose to have their details omitted from the
edited register by ticking a box on their electoral registration or
annual canvass form. Currently around 35,000 (40%) of those registered
to vote in Cambridge opt out in this way and their names are not
included in the edited register.

The charge for supplying the register is fixed by regulations. For the
supply in data format, the charge is £20 plus £1.50 per 1000 entries or
part thereof and the charge for supplying the register in printed format
is £10 plus £5 per 1000 entries or part thereof.

Of the full register, in 2007/08 to date copies have been supplied to
the following credit reference agencies in accordance with the
regulations, generating income of £2170 -

Call Credit
Experian
Aristotle
Equifax

The edited register is available for sale to anyone on request on
payment of the prescribed fee. In 2007/08, there have been two requests
for the edited register form individuals; one for the Arbury ward (cost
£37.50) and another from a student who requested a random sample of
400 names from the edited register to carry out a survey as part of her
work (cost £21.50).

Cheers

Frank Glover
Electoral Services
Cambridge City Council
Tel. 01223 457048

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28/07/2008 08:33 >>>
Dear Sir or Madam,

Please provide details of sales of the details held on the full
electoral roll for Cambridge:

1) Purchaser 2) Price per entry 3) Entry data items sold

Yours faithfully,

FishNChipPapers

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