Political Parties: Finance
(asked on 15th June 2022) - View Source
Question
To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the Members Estimate Committee, if he will publish the amount of (a) short money and (b) other additional parliamentary support funding provided to each political party on an annual basis since 2015.
Since 2016–17 it has been a requirement to publish the amounts paid for each financial year and these can be found on the Parliament website. The short money and Representative Money provided to each political party on an annual basis since 2015 can be found in the pdf attachment.
The Short Money and Representative Money allocations scheduled to be paid for the current financial year (1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023) are as follows:
Short/Representative Money Allocations 2022/2023 | ||
Party | 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 | |
Main Allocation | Travel Budget | |
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) | £202,484.60 | £5,018.85 |
Green Party | £187,111.20 | £4,637.76 |
Labour Party | £6,812,568.25 | £146,451.25 |
Liberal Democrats | £929,590.70 | £23,040.69 |
Plaid Cymru | £110,875.00 | £2,748.13 |
Scottish National Party (SNP) | £1,149,355.15 | £28,487.72 |
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) | £110,875.00 | £2,748.13 |
Sinn Fein * | £171,032.15 | £4,239.21 |
* Representative Money | ||
Information on previous budget allocations for Short Money and Representative Money can also be found on the App3 tab here:
Data sheets for Library briefing on Short Money (44 KB, Excel Spreadsheet)