§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list, by parliamentary constituency, the total number of overseas electors registered in each constituency in the United Kingdom. [844]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe 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 Tim Holt to Mr. Michael Colvin, dated 2 June 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to your recent question about overseas electors registered in each constituency in the United Kingdom.ONS have published, by parliamentary constituency, the number of overseas electors on the 1997 Electoral Registers for the United Kingdom. This information was published on 26 March 1997 in ONS Monitor EL97/1, and is available in the Library.