§ Mr. Barry FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the annual expenditure of his Department, including administrative expenditure, on the Isle of Wight; and what was the cost of the 1992 general election in respect of the Isle of Wight. [36916]
§ Mr. HowardExpenditure from the Home Office votes in respect of the Isle of Wight in 1994–95—the latest year for which final outturn figures are available—was £51,619,183.
The overall cost of the parliamentary election for the Isle of Wight constituency at the 1992 general election was £83,260.78. That total includes a sum of £27,942.44 for the cost of delivery of candidates' election material.