§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list the proposed expenditure in 1990–91 on advertising the rights of overseas voters under the Representation of the People Act 1989, for each overseas country;
(2) what is the total sum to be spent in 1990–91 advertising the rights available under the Representation of the People Act 1990 to overseas voters.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information requested is set out in the table.
397W
Electoral registration overseas: breakdown by country of Home Office/Foreign and Commonwealth Office expenditure on publicity/ advertising in 1990–91 Country Allocated provision (£) Algeria 1,850 Angola 30 Antigua 325
398W
Country Allocated provision (£) Argentina 3,100 Ascension 50 Australia 32,486 Austria 6,000 Bahamas 750 Bahrain 987 Bangladesh 1,500 Barbados 950 Belgium 1,365 Belize 750 Benin 175 Bermuda 3,000 Botswana 565 Brazil 10,840 Brunei 470 Bulgaria 30 Burma 20 Cameroon 25 Canada 45,805 Canary Islands 3,285 Cayman Islands 30 Chile 2,000 China 1,270 Colombia 1,500 Costa Rica 250 Cuba 25 Cyprus 3,768 Czechoslovakia 150 Denmark 2,093 East Germany 30 Ecuador 1,000 Egypt 375 El Salvador 750 Ethiopia 100 Falkland Islands 370 Fiji 330 Finland 2,200 France 37,117 Gabon 350 Gambia 250 Ghana 20 Gibraltar 3,000 Greece 3,399 Grenada 100 Guatemala 100 Guinea 230 Guinea-Bissau 10 Guyana 185 Honduras 400 Hong Kong 3,815 Hungary 50 Iceland 950 India 3,520 Indonesia 2,578 Israel 4,778 Italy 30,557 Ivory Coast 175 Jamaica 1,550 Japan 3,283 Jordan 200 Kenya 2,943 Kiribati 200 Korea 750 Kuwait 2,018 Lebanon 70 Leeward Islands 20 Lesotho 150 Liberia 550 Luxembourg 1,200 Madagascar 90 Malawi 300 Malaysia 1,005 Malta 1,600 Mauritius 150 Mexico 1,500 Montserrat 20
Country Allocated provision (£) Morocco 1,350 Mozambique 145 Nepal 100 Netherlands 7,824 New Zealand 24,049 Nicaragua 150 Nigeria 2,077 North Yemen 100 Norway 3,272 Oman 1,761 Pakistan 630 Panama 50 Papua New Guinea 2,089 Paraguay 300 Peru 2,650 Phillipines 2,030 Poland 20 Portugal 3,976 Qatar 1,000 Republic of Ireland 100 Rumania 10 Saudi Arabia 3,801 Senegal 530 Seychelles 200 Singapore 3,841 Solomon Islands 150 Somalia 10 South Africa 10,947 Spain 22,967 Sir Lanka 100 St. Lucia 320 St. Vincent 30 St. Helena 10 St. Kitts 25 Sudan 50 Swaziland 350 Sweden 2,900 Switzerland 9,301 Syria 690 Tanzania 250 Thailand 1,650 Tonga 10 Trinidad 615 Tristan da Cunha 50 Tunisia 1,225 Turkey 1,550 Turks and Caicos Islands 20 Uganda 550 United Arab Emerates 3,448 Uraguay 60 USA 42,036 USSR 600 Vanuatu 150 Venezuala 650 Vietnam 150 Virgin Islands 475 West Germany 18,070 Yugoslavia 950 Zaire 300 Zambia 1,435 Zimbabwe 1,100 Total 425,031 Provision not allocated to any particular country 334,969 Grand Total 760,000