HC Deb 19 October 1990 vol 177 c934W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent by his Department on campaigns to secure electoral registration(a) at home and (b) abroad in the past 12 months.

Mrs. Rumbold

Home Office expenditure on electoral registration advertising campaigns in the past 12 months has been as follows:

£ (including VAT)
England and Wales 460,683
Overseas 480,189

Mr. Harry Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people living abroad applied to be included on the 1991 register of electors which has a qualifying date of 10 October 1990 in each parliamentary constituency in England and Wales.

Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has on the number of overseas electors registering since the passage of the Representation of the People Act 1989.

Mrs. Rumbold

I refer the hon. Members to the reply given to a question from the hon. Member for Ross, Cromarty and Skye (Mr. Kennedy) on 14 June at column319. Information on the number of applications is not held centrally.

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