§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he now expects to publish and bring into force an order on the variation of limits of candidates' election expenses.
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Revenue Expenditure1 £ million Region 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 21990–91 31991–92 Greater London 3,854 4,111 4,677 5,000 4,676 5,128 5,408 5,553 5,969 6,467 6,987 South East (excluding GL) 3,284 3,541 3,691 3,768 3,933 4,201 4,582 5,162 5,395 6,245 6,934 South West 1,425 1,549 1,595 1,613 1,683 1,879 2,047 2,211 2,397 2,735 3,008 East Anglia 593 659 675 693 720 776 839 941 1,034 1,179 1,306 West Midlands 1,894 2,015 2,126 2,146 2,243 2,377 2,675 2,907 3,112 3,617 3,974 East Midlands 1,303 1,478 1,523 1,528 1,577 1,754 1,943 2,118 2,203 2,550 2,802 North West 2,644 2,836 2,921 2,954 3,085 3,427 3,719 3,984 4,261 4,695 5,085 Yorkshire and Humberside 1,902 2,146 2,165 2,181 2,271 2,561 2,689 2,897 3,048 3,411 3,727 North 1,271 1,402 1,438 1,429 1,472 1,657 1,784 1,895 1,986 2,243 2,435 Total 18,171 19,737 20,809 21,312 21,661 23,760 25,686 27,667 29,404 33,142 36,256
§ Mrs. RumboldThe draft Representation of the People (Variation of limits of Candidates' Elections Expenses) Order 1992 was laid before Parliament on Friday 21 February, and will come into force following approval by both Houses. It will increase the permitted levels of candidates' expenses at parliamentary elections throughout the United Kingdom, and at local elections in Great Britain.