Other Midland councils

Information is sold for £20 plus £1.50 per 1,000 entries (or part there of) in data format, and £10 plus £5 per 1,000 entries (or part there of) in print. Councils confirmed they have no grounds to refuse data requests providing they receive the required amount from the purchaser.

Coventry City Council made £1,654 by selling details from 2016/17 to the 2019/20

That included sales to tutoring service Tutor Doctor, the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mander Handley solicitors.

Coventry City Council said: “The Electoral Registration Officer does not have any grounds to refuse the sale of the edited/open register anyone can request to purchase it as detailed in the Representation of the People Regulations 2001 (as amended), which also includes the fees that can be charged.”

Walsall Council made £499.50 during the period in three transactions to film company Azure Productions, Navteq and the Pakistan Muslim Welfare Association. Although not requested, it also confirmed a 2015 sale to the Dabar Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Sikh place of worship worth £252.

Dudley Council earned £254 from two sales, both in 2017, to the Here mapping firm and EweMove estate agents.

Sandwell Council received £262 but would not confirm who requested the information stating the sales were made to individuals as opposed to organisations.

City of Wolverhampton Council stated it had sold a ‘small area from the current register’ worth £35 in the period, while Solihull Council confirmed it had not received any requests for information in the four years.