Question

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the answer of 2 September 2026, to Question 19366, on Political Parties: Regulation, whether the Electoral Commission has provided guidance on whether the provision of social media staff support to a regulated donee in relation to political communications on social media would fall under the example of political activities for the purposes of requiring such donations or donations in kind to be reported to the Electoral Commission.

The Commission provides guidance to regulated donees on staffing donations. It sets out circumstances where an individual works for a regulated donee but their salary is paid by someone else. When this happens, the value of the work is a donation. The guidance sets out how the value of this donation is determined – which depends on whether the services provided are what the employer is in business to provide (such as IT services or consultancy work).