Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much they contribute to the EU to support political parties, movements or campaigns across the member states; and how much financial support British political parties, movements or campaigns receive from the EU.

The UK contributes to the EU budget as a whole, and not to individual programmes within it.

Financial support from the European Parliament is available to political parties at European level, in the form of operating grants. These grants cannot be used to fund national parties or candidates. Full details of the amounts awarded to European-level political parties are published by the European Parliament [1].

We are focussed on securing the best possible deal for the United Kingdom as we leave the European Union. Once we have left it will be for the United Kingdom to decide how taxpayers' money is spent.

[1] Data on grants paid since 2004 is attached.