Household Enquiry Form: reply to this letter or face £1,000 fine
Don't ignore your Household Enquiry Form – failing to respond could see you receive a massive fine.
Have you received your Household Enquiry Form in the post yet? If not, it will be dropping through your letterbox soon.
And while it may look like a dull piece of junk mail, ignoring it could cost you a fortune.
What is it?
The Household Enquiry Form is sent out to each household across the country between July and November each year. The letter is sent out by your local council, so the exact date for sending them out can vary significantly.
The form lists the current eligible voters in your household and asks you to check and update the details.
You need to include the name and nationality of everyone aged 16 or over who is resident and eligible to vote and then send the form back.
It's annual canvass time! Look out for your household enquiry form, complete & return it asap so you're on the electoral role & able to vote pic.twitter.com/ZG6ISmXAup
— South Cambridgeshire (@SouthCambs) July 22, 2017
How do I confirm the details?
You can fill out the form physically if there are changes to be made, or do it online. The letter will give you a website to visit and security codes to give you access to your household’s records.
If there are no changes to be made, you will also have the option of calling a Freephone number.
What happens if I don’t send the Household Enquiry Form back?
Failing to respond could land you with a criminal record and a fine of up to £1,000.
And if you respond with false information, you could face a fine of up to £5,000 or even prison.
Don’t panic if you’ve already binned your form though. Your council will send out a second form as a reminder, with a visit from council staff to follow if you still don’t respond.
To be on the safe side, it’s probably a good idea to call your council to ask them for a second copy just in case.
Registering to vote
It’s important to note that just because you are deemed eligible to vote, that doesn’t mean that you are registered to vote.
You will need to register individually, separate from the Household Enquiry Form.
You can now register to vote online in as little as three minutes. All you need is your name, address, date of birth and National Insurance number.
It’s a good idea, not only because it means you can have a say in local and general elections, but also because it helps your credit rating!
Check out our guide: How to improve your credit rating for more.
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This article has been updated
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If you d not return the form a reminder will come then a local government officer will come round chasing the late comers. This was a sort of 'perk' of officers to earn a bit of extra cash for evening work as was delivering poll cards. Then the tax man came down and wanted his share at source.No hiding place for us but many for those knocking on your door willing to sort your trees for cash sorr. Twas ever thus
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I can't believe the comments on this. They sound like daily Mail readers. These forms have been filled in for decades with none of this conspiracy theory rubbish. They were used, as now, to see who is eligible to vote in the UK. The recent change to insisting on separate registration is the real disgrace. It was brought in by a Tory government who realised that youngsters didn't vote for them and they are the ones that used to be automatically registered by parents and colleges. The £1000 fine is simply pure greed.
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Well said Nic nuts, the PC shower will not want to upset any of that lot, so I bet to make sure they don't upset them, they turn a blind eye to immigrants who are only here to milk the system for free money. As for the fines these are crazy too, a £1,000 for not filling in a form and handing out your private data. Yet these crash for cash gangs ( just one example of real crime ) that lot who are currently flooding the uk from other parts of the corrupt EU. they often are getting off with community service or even a small fine which instead of paying, they disappear. Yet tax paying non criminals are yet again being press ganged into submitting to demands from local council busy bodies.
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06 August 2017