Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the estimated cost to the public purse of the 2018 boundary review will be.

The estimated cost of the current boundary review, comprising expenditure from 2015-7 and projected expenditure from 2017-19, is approximately £8 million. This includes the usual costs such as staffing and accommodation, and other activities necessary for the boundary review for the boundary commissions for Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.