§ 43. Sir D. Walker-Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why he will not publish in the Official Report the figures by reference to the electoral register which came into operation in February last, of the 20 constituencies in England with, respectively, the highest and lowest electorates, specifying the same, and the number and percentage by which each exceeds, or falls short of, as the case may be, the prescribed electoral quota of 67.533. having regard to the fact that similar information in respect of the register of February 1977 was published in the Official Report on 5th May 1977: and if he will now take steps to publish the information.
§ Mr. JohnBecause, as I informed the right hon. and learned Member in the previous answer to which he refers, arrangements have been made to publish the information he has asked for in the OPCS Monitor being published shortly by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. The OPCS Monitor has been expanded this year to include the numbers and percentages by which every constituency exceeds or falls short of the electoral quota, in recognition of the interest of Members in this information.