§ Mr. Harry BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what investigations have been undertaken by his Department into the decline in electoral registration in the Finchley parliamentary constituency following the figures published in 1988, 1989 and 1990; and what were the findings of these investigations.
§ Mrs. RumboldNone. I understand, however, that in 1990 the electoral registration officer for the London borough of Barnet, which includes Finchley parliamentary 17W constituency, removed from the register for the borough the names of over 8,000 people about whom no information has been received for three or more years, and who, therefore, no longer appeared to be eligible for inclusion.