Issue - decisions

This report authorises the Head of Electoral Services to seek quotations for the provision of mobile tablet devices to be used when conducting future statutory ‘Household Enquiry Form’ (HEF) canvasses. Legislation requires that a canvass is conducted of every residential property in Barnet each year between July and November, ahead of the publication of the annual revised Register of Electors on 1 December. Legislation further requires that all households that do not respond to the HEFs that are posted to them must receive a personal visit by a canvasser in order to elicit a response. Making use of modern, mobile tablet technology offers the potential for more secure, accurate and efficient household visits to take place, leading to an increase in the response rate from households and savings to the service in future years.