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Mr. William Ross
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he now expects to publish and bring into force an order on the variation of limits of candidates' election expenses.
| Revenue Expenditure1 | |||||||||||
| £ million | |||||||||||
| Region | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84 | 1984–85 | 1985–86 | 1986–87 | 1987–88 | 1988–89 | 1989–90 | 21990–91 | 31991–92 |
| Greater London | 3,854 | 4,111 | 4,677 | 5,000 | 4,676 | 5,128 | 5,408 | 5,553 | 5,969 | 6,467 | 6,987 |
| South East (excluding GL) | 3,284 | 3,541 | 3,691 | 3,768 | 3,933 | 4,201 | 4,582 | 5,162 | 5,395 | 6,245 | 6,934 |
| South West | 1,425 | 1,549 | 1,595 | 1,613 | 1,683 | 1,879 | 2,047 | 2,211 | 2,397 | 2,735 | 3,008 |
| East Anglia | 593 | 659 | 675 | 693 | 720 | 776 | 839 | 941 | 1,034 | 1,179 | 1,306 |
| West Midlands | 1,894 | 2,015 | 2,126 | 2,146 | 2,243 | 2,377 | 2,675 | 2,907 | 3,112 | 3,617 | 3,974 |
| East Midlands | 1,303 | 1,478 | 1,523 | 1,528 | 1,577 | 1,754 | 1,943 | 2,118 | 2,203 | 2,550 | 2,802 |
| North West | 2,644 | 2,836 | 2,921 | 2,954 | 3,085 | 3,427 | 3,719 | 3,984 | 4,261 | 4,695 | 5,085 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 1,902 | 2,146 | 2,165 | 2,181 | 2,271 | 2,561 | 2,689 | 2,897 | 3,048 | 3,411 | 3,727 |
| North | 1,271 | 1,402 | 1,438 | 1,429 | 1,472 | 1,657 | 1,784 | 1,895 | 1,986 | 2,243 | 2,435 |
| Total | 18,171 | 19,737 | 20,809 | 21,312 | 21,661 | 23,760 | 25,686 | 27,667 | 29,404 | 33,142 | 36,256 |
Mrs. Rumbold
The draft Representation of the People (Variation of limits of Candidates' Elections Expenses) Order 1992 was laid before Parliament on Friday 21 February, and will come into force following approval by both Houses. It will increase the permitted levels of candidates' expenses at parliamentary elections throughout the United Kingdom, and at local elections in Great Britain.