§ Mr. BarnesTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will arrange for the number of electors in each constituency to be placed in the Library following the publication of the final electoral registers on 16 February. [14252]
§ Mr. Oppenheim[holding answer 6 February 1997]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from John Fox to Mr. Harry Barnes, dated 10 February 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked the Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to reply to your recent question on when the number of electors on the 1997 Electoral Register will be placed in the Library. The Director has asked me to reply in his absence.ONS are preparing a Monitor detailing electors on the 1997 Electoral Register by the new Parliamentary Constituencies. This will be published by early April 1997 and will be placed in the Library on publication date.