§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in view of the fact that since 1970–71 the amount of outstanding fines has risen from £6,381,604 to £20,581,337 in 1976–77, if he will make a statement on why he is unable to give the actual amount of outstanding fines which are time expired; and whether he will take action to obtain
Area Provisional 1977 Parliamentary Electorate Number of Members of Parliament Average electorate per Member of Parliament Regions of England* Northern … … … 2,324,756 37 62,831 Yorkshire and Humberside … … … 3,588,790 55 65,251 North West … … … 4,793,507 76 63,072 West Midlands … … … 3,744,327 56 66,863 East Midlands … … … 2,751,032 39 70,539 East Anglia … … … 1,313,648 17 77,273 South West … … … 3,156,284 45 70,140 South East … … … 12,412,457 191 64,987 Scotland … … … 3,786,851 71 53,336 Wales … … … 2,055,172 36 57,088 Northern Ireland … … … 1,032,914 12 86,076 * The regions referred to are the economic planning regions.