HC Deb 20 February 1992 vol 204 cc270-1W
Mr. Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if the will state(a) the estimated population of 18 years and over and (b) the number of names on the electoral register.

Mr. Dorrell

The latest estimate of the United Kingdom population aged 18 and over, relating to mid-1990, is 44.3 million. There were 43.6 million names on the 1991 electoral register—qualifying date 10 October 1990. Information about the 1992 electoral register is still being collected.