Source · Select Committees · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Recommendation 18
18
Rejected
Include resilience plan for supplier failure in annual election readiness report
Recommendation
We recommend that as part of the annual report on readiness for elections, the Government include a resilience plan in case of supplier failure. (Recommendation, Paragraph 71)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government rejected the recommendation for a resilience plan in case of supplier failure, as it had previously rejected the overarching recommendation to produce an annual readiness report which this plan would have been part of.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Government Response
Rejected
HM Government · verbatim extract
Rejected
We note the Committee’s recommendation for a resilience plan in case of supplier failure. Elections are delivered on a local level, and it is for statutorily independent Returning Officers to ensure they have necessary supply contracts and contingencies in place. However, as set out in our Strategy for Elections, we intend to bring forward changes to legislation which will support both electors and administrators in the postal voting process, including the ability to use different voting mechanisms should issues arise. These changes will aid in ensuring the robustness of the postal voting system.
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