HC Deb 22 January 2004 vol 416 cc1452-3W
Mr. Wyatt

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many(a) asylum seekers and (b) illegal immigrants are registered to vote. [148734]

Mr. Leslie

This information is not collected. Such persons are not eligible to register to vote, with the exception that a person from a Commonwealth country who has leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom and subsequently claims asylum may register to vote until that existing leave ceases.