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Written Question
General Election 2017: Costs
Thursday 19th October 2017

Asked by: Darren Jones (Labour - Bristol North West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was the cost to the public purse of holding the general election 2017.

Answered by Chris Skidmore

The Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office notified Parliament of the forecast cost
of the UK general election of £140,850,000 in a Written Ministerial Statement on 13
September 2017 (Hansard Volume 628, reference HCWS130).