§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his Department plans to spend on advertising the availability of postal votes before the proposed referendums on(a) Welsh devolution and (b) a greater London authority. [5855]
§ Mr. George HowarthThere will be no Home Office expenditure for these purposes.
Responsibility for publicity on the availability of postal votes in the Welsh devolution referendum and the referendum on the strategic authority for London will be the responsibility of the Welsh Office and the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions respectively.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his Department spent on advertising the availability of postal votes before the General Election. [5857]
§ Mr. HowarthAbsent voting facilities were publicised at the general election through a television campaign and advertisements in the national press, at a cost of £700,000.