| Heading: |
Political Parties: Finance |
| Question ID: |
1809687 |
| UIN: |
57657 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4474 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Kevin Hollinrake
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| Asking Member handle: |
kevinhollinrake
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@kevinhollinrake
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Commission has issued guidance on whether a government department can be a permissible donor. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-11 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1560 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Jeremy Wright
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Sir Jeremy Wright
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
A government department is not a permissible donor. However, political parties can receive public funds from government departments. The Commission’s guidance on permissibility states that any payment received by a political party out of public funds is r... |
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| Answering body ID: |
36 |
| Answering body name: |
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission |
| Tweeted: |
false |