§ MR. BOTTOMLEY (Hackney, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can state approximately the adult male population of the United Kingdom at the end of 1905; the number of persons on the Parliamentary registers of the United Kingdom on 1st January, 1906; 45 and the number of persons who voted at the general election, 1906.
| England and Wales. | Scotland. | Ireland. | United Kingdom. | |
| Estimated adult male population on 1st January, 1906 | 9,023,877 | 1,205,834 | 1,213,466 | 11,443,177 |
| Number of persons on the Parliamentary registers for 1906 | 5,824,884 | 750,401 | 691,423 | 7,266,708 |
| Number of persons on the Parliamentary registers for constituencies in which there were contests at the General Election, 1906 | 5,442,774 | 742,937 | 164,049 | 6,349,760 |
| Number of persons who voted at the General Election, 1906 | 4,880,073 | 585,691 | 135,282 | 5,601,046 |