HC Deb 22 November 1991 vol 199 cc324-5W
Dr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his Department's advertising campaign to encourage the registration of overseas voters, including the total amount spent so far and the number of overseas voters who have registered as a result.

Mrs. Rumbold

No advertising or publicity to inform British citizens abroad of their voting rights was undertaken by the Home Office this year, apart from the updating of posters used in British diplomatic posts abroad at a cost of £1,400. We shall make known to the House in due course the number of overseas electors included on the draft electoral register for 1992–93.