Voting Rights for EU Citizens beta amber evidence review
Service Standard report Voting Rights for EU Citizens 30/07/2024
Service Standard report
Voting Rights for EU Citizens
| Assessment date: | 30/07/2024 |
| Stage: | Beta |
| Type: | Amber evidence review |
| Result: | Green |
| Service provider: | DLUHC |
Previous assessment reports
Service description
This is a use once only service to enable EU electors to answer an eligibility question to determine whether they retain the right to vote or not, following changes to the legislation around voting post EU Exit.
Service users
This service is for EU Citizens who need to confirm their eligibility to remain on the Electoral register as requested by their Electoral Registration Officer. They are citizens of 19 European countries (those which are part of EU but who don’t have bilateral voting arrangements with the UK) who are resident in the UK and are currently registered to vote.
Things the service team has done well:
The team has worked hard to address the amber standards and have resolved the recommendations supplied by the assessors. The service is now rated green.
6. Have a multidisciplinary team
Decision
The service was rated green for point 6 of the Standard.
12. Make new source code open
Decision
The service was rated green for point 12 of the Standard.
14. Operate a reliable service
Decision
The service was rated green for point 14 of the Standard.
Next Steps
This service can now move into a public beta phase, subject to getting approval from the CDDO spend control team.
This service now has permission to launch on a GOV.UK service domain with a beta banner. These instructions explain how to set up your *.service.gov.uk domain.
The service must pass a live assessment before:
- turning off a legacy service
- reducing the team’s resources to a ‘business as usual’ level, or
- removing the ‘beta’ banner from the service