Dear Ms Zwolinska,

Thank you for your email of 5 January 2017, in which you ask for the
following information from the Ministry of Justice:

Under the Freedom of Information Act, please could you provide me with the
following information:

I am interested in convictions for Personation therefore:

a)            Please provide the number of criminal convictions for
Personation as defined in Section 60 of the Representation of the People
Act 1983 each year since 1983.

b)            Of those convictions, what number were related to voting in
person?

Your request has been passed to me because I have responsibility for
answering requests relating to court proceedings statistics.

Your request is being handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA).

Under the Act, the department is required to provide you with a response
within 20 working days. I will write to you in response to your request
for information by 2 February 2017

The Freedom of Information Act includes a number of exemptions to
releasing information. Some of these are qualified exemptions which
require us to consider whether it is in the public interest to disclose or
withhold the information. In these circumstances we may need more time to
consider your request, and if this is the case I will write to you by the
date above to inform you of when you can expect to receive a
response.      

If you have any queries regarding this request please do not hesitate to
contact me, quoting ref:  FOI 109447 in all future correspondence

Kunjal Amin      

Criminal Justice System Statistics         

Justice Statistics Analytical Services     

7 the floor Area 7.02

Ministry Of Justice        

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Dear Ms Zwolinska

Please find attached our response to your request.  Please accept my
apology for one day overdue.

Kind Regards

Kunjal Amin

Justice Statistics Analytical Services

Ministry of Justice

102 Petty France

7th Floor area 7:02

London

SW1H 9AJ

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