HC Deb 27 March 1991 vol 188 cc465-6W
Mr. Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the total cost, broken down into all expenditure heads, of the implementation of the overseas electors scheme.

Mrs. Rumbold

The main extra costs involved in implementing the provisions of the Representation of the People Act 1989 are set out in the table. The staffing costs were absorbed within existing provision and are not separately identifiable.

£
Advertising campaign (Home Office) 480,000
Leaflets and posters (including distribution costs) 63,000
Application forms 40,000
Advertising campaign (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) 250,000
Administration costs (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) 100,000
Costs to local authorities (1990–91) '86,000
Total 1,019,000
1Estimate.