HC Deb 26 June 2002 vol 387 c886W
Mr. Love

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how much public expenditure was incurred in organising the 2001 general election in(a) the UK, (b) Greater London and (c) Enfield; and if he will make a statement. [58967]

Yvette Cooper

I have been asked to reply.

The funds made available to acting returning officers to conduct the 2001 general election were as follows:

  1. (a) England and Wales—£27 million;
  2. (b) Greater London—£5 million; and
  3. (c) Enfield—£153,000.

These figures represent advances made; when final accounts are submitted and paid they are expected to rise. In addition in England and Wales, around £18 million was paid for the delivery of candidates' election material and for electoral equipment. No further breakdown of this figure is available in the form requested. The responsibility for funding parliamentary elections in Scotland and Northern Ireland are matters for the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Northern Ireland, respectively.