§ Mr. Geoffrey Johnson Smithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing, for each annual electoral register since 1970, an etimate of the costs to central and local government funds of compiling the electoral register.
§ Mr. RifkindEstimated annual net expenditure by local authorities in Scotland, reckonable for rate support grant, or electoral registration, was as follows:
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Financial Year Estimated Expenditure (at outturn prices) £m 1969–70 0.5 1970–71 0.5 1971–72 0.6 1972–73 0.7 1973–74 0.8 1974–75 1.1 1975–76 1.4 1976–77 1.6 1977–78 1.8 1978–79 1.9 1979–80 2.2