§ Mr. Knoxasked the Lord President of the Council how many staff were employed to count votes during the EEC referendum.
§ Dr. SummerskillI have been asked to reply.
The number of staff employed at counting centres in England and Wales was of the order of 6,900. In Scotland and Northern Ireland, where the verification of ballot paper accounts and the counting of votes were done at the same centres, the number of staff employed was about 2,130.