§ Mr. TylerTo ask the President of the Council pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Cannock Chase (Tony Wright), of 11 March 2003,Official Report, column 156W, if he will list the individual sums of public money paid for (a) salaries, listing the offices held, (b) expenses and (c) Short money; and what the value was of services in kind to the Conservative Party since 1997. [103339]
§ Mr. BradshawThe scheme for financial assistance to opposition parties (Short money) provides funding for three purposes
to assist an opposition party in carrying out its parliamentary business;for the running costs of the office of the Leader of the Oppositionfor the opposition parties' travel and associated expenses.The amounts received under these three headings were as follows:
£ year Assistance for parliamentary business Office of Leader of Opposition Travel expenses etc. Totals 1997–98 919,627 0 67,136 986,763 1998–99 1,037,125 0 75,761 1,112,886 1999–2000 2,800,314 500,000 77,356 3,377,670 2000–01 2,872,763 513,000 79,368 3,465,132 2001–02 2,833,866 524,799 80,401 3,439,066 2002–03 2,846,649 531,621 81,266 3,459,537 Total 13,310,344 2,069,420 461,288 15,841,054 Note:
As a result of roundings, figures may not total exactly.