§ Mr. Robert McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people gave their nationality as(a) British and (b) Irish on the electoral registration form in 1994–95; and what other significant numbers and nationalities were otherwise specified. [37213]
§ Mr. AncramInformation about nationality included on the 1994–95 electoral registration forms in Northern Ireland was not recorded centrally as there is no legal requirement to record statistics on nationality.
Information is available, however, on the nationality of those EU nationals who registered separately to vote in the 1994 European election. The nationalities were as follows: 177W
Number Belgium 1 Denmark 7 France 54 Germany 51 Greece 1 Italy 5 Netherlands 38 Portugal 4 Spain 8 Total 169