Written question asked by Caroline Spelman (Conservative) on Monday, 10 January 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 January 2005. It was answered by Chris Leslie (Labour) on Monday, 17 January 2005 on behalf of the Department for Constitutional Affairs.

Dept for Constitutional Affairs

Question: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the total cost to public funds was of providing freepost mailings to candidates in the (a) 1997 General Election, (b) 2001 General Election and (c) 2004 European Parliamentary elections. - Inc table.

Answer: Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the total cost to public funds was of providing freepost mailings to candidates in the (a) 1997 general election, (b) 2001 general election and (c) 2004 European parliamentary elections. [207951] Mr. Leslie: The cost to the Consolidated Fund of the delivery of candidates' election communications was as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Cost to consolidated fund (£) (a) 1997 general election 20,775,582.64 (b) 2001 general election 17,651,256.19 (c) 2004 European parliamentary elections 25,896,235.82 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 207951; 429 c771W;429 c775-6W
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Candidates Costs Elections European Parliament General elections Postal services General Election 2001 General Election 1997
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk