§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the estimated cost of preparing and publishing the annual register of electors; and by how much this figure would be increased if the register were produced twice a year.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe most recent available figure is for the 1974 register of electors of England and Wales, where the net cost of preparation and publication was £5,267,000. The cost of producing twice a year a register based on a full canvass of householders would be approximately double.