§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will give the total amounts of public funds 692W paid out to each of the political parties since the inception of the scheme; and whether he will arrange for this to be published on an annual basis.
§ Mr. St. John-StevasSince the inception of the scheme in 1975 the total financial assistance provided from the House of Commons Vote to the parliamentary political parties is as follows:
£ Conservative Party 670,585 Liberal Party 165,716 Labour Party 139,698 Scottish National Party 45,165 Plaid Cymru 11,047 United Ulster Unionist Coalition 9,275 Social Democratic Labour Party 5,578 Ulster Unionist Party 1,832 Ulster Democratic Unionist Party 839 It is not intended that this information will be published on an annual basis.