HC Deb 20 March 1979 vol 964 c526W
34. Mr. Evelyn King

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will obtain a return from commanding officers at Bovington, Lulworth, Wyke Regis and Portland, giving the number of persons serving who are on the register of electors, and the percentage of the total number of personnel who were there on the qualifying date.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

This information is not held by commanding officers of Service establishments since, apart from distributing and publicising the registration forms, they are not directly involved in the electoral registration of Service personnel. Electoral registration is a private matter for the individual and it would, therefore, be inappropriate for commanding officers to institute unit surveys to obtain this information.