Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of (a) the cost to the public purse of administering the 2019 General Election and (b) the amount that accrued to the public purse as a result of candidates losing their deposits at that election.
The cost of administering the 2019 General Election will not be known until all Returning Officers’ expenses claims relating to that poll have been settled.
£622,500 was accrued to the public purse as a result of 1,245 candidates losing their deposit.