PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Constituencies (27 May 2015)
Question Asked
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of potential savings to the public purse from reducing the number of Parliamentary constituencies to 600.
Asked by:
Emily Thornberry (Labour)
Asked by:
Emily Thornberry (Labour)
Answer
The most recent estimate, in June 2012, indicated that reducing the number of MPs from 650 to 600 would result in savings of £13.6 million a year.
Answered by:
John Penrose (Conservative)
3 June 2015
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