§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much was spent on advertising electoral registration in Scotland in 1989, 1990 and 1991; how much will be spent in the current year; and of this sum how much is spent on(a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) billboard and (d) other advertising.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 3 June 1992]: Annual publicity expenditure on electoral registration in Scotland in recent years is as follows:
£ 1989–90 30,648.48 1990–91 39,192.05 1991–92 41,640.50 1992–93 148,000.00 1 Estimate. The expenditure for 1992–93 will cover newspaper advertisements along with an associated poster display in council and other public offices, libraries etcetera.
§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the population in each parliamentary constituency; and what is the number of(a) electors on each constituency register and (b) those registered on the community charge register within the area of each constituency.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 3 June 1992]: The information requested by the hon. Member is set out in the table for the latest available population estimates and electoral registrations by parliamentary constituency. No information is available centrally about the number of persons within parliamentary constituency areas who are on the community charge register.
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Parliamentary constituency 1 Population estimate at 1990 Total electors on 1992 register Aberdeen North 75,500 60,623 Aberdeen South 73,800 59,230 Angus, East 82,400 63,637 Argyll and Bute 66,200 48,436 Ayr 84,700 66,284 Banff and Buchan 85,000 65,631 Caithness and Sutherland 39,800 31,173 Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 72,100 56,024 Central Fife 72,400 56,543 Clackmannan 63,600 49,441 Clydebank and Milngavie 63,200 47,773 Clydesdale 82,600 62,684 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 63,100 47,155 Cunninghame North 72,500 55,490 Cunninghame South 65,100 49,745 Dumbarton 79,800 57,894 Dumfries 78,400 61,773 Dundee East 76,000 59,328 Dundee West 77,700 60,386 Dunfermline East 67,800 50,452 Dunfermline West 69,300 51,310
Parliamentary constituency 1 Population estimate at 1990 Total electors on 1992 register East Kilbride 83,100 64,824 East Lothian 85,500 67,588 Eastwood 84,100 64,560 Edinburgh Central 69,100 56,839 Edinburgh East 57,700 46,157 Edinburgh Leith 70,800 57,073 Edinburgh Pentlands 69,600 56,433 Edinburgh South 76,100 61,999 Edinburgh West 74,700 59,702 Falkirk East 68,000 52,387 Falkirk West 65,600 50,631 Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 70,000 54,977 Glasgow Cathcart 60,200 45,149 Glasgow Central 64,200 48,383 Glasgow Garscadden 55,400 41,675 Glasgow Govan 61,400 46,199 Glasgow Hillhead 73,600 57,586 Glasgow Maryhill 63,600 48,791 Glasgow Pollok 62,000 46,655 Glasgow Provan 49,700 36,986 Glasgow Rutherglen 70,600 53,325 Glasgow Shettleston 68,500 52,381 Glasgow Springburn 60,100 46,216 Gordon 102,500 81,097 Greenock and Port Glasgow 70,000 52,661 Hamilton 82,500 62,347 Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber 90,400 70,164 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 81,100 62,777 Kincardine and Deeside 84,900 67,216 Kirkcaldy 67,400 52,191 Linlithgow 82,000 61,979 Livingston 82,700 62,122 Midlothian 81,300 61,178 Monklands East 65,800 49,059 Monklands West 68,300 49,935 Moray 84,500 63,944 Motherwell North 78,000 58,106 Motherwell South 68,800 50,674 North East Fife 68,900 54,196 North Tayside 72,600 56,353 Orkney and Shetland 41,800 31,837 Paisley North 61,800 46,867 Paisley South 63,600 48,385 Perth and Kinross 85,300 65,826 Renfrew West and Inverclyde 76,000 58,897 Ross, Cromarty and Skye 74,100 56,112 Roxburgh and Berwickshire 54,100 44,001 Stirling 74,900 58,814 Strathkelvin and Bearsden 84,600 61,924 Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 49,400 39,907 Western Isles 30,700 23,015 Total 5,102,600 3,929,112 1 The derivation of these population figures involved a number of approximations.