| answer text |
<p>Short Money is a payment made available from the House of Commons to all opposition
parties in the House of Commons that secured either two seats, or one seat and more
than 150,000 votes, at the previous General Election. Short Money is not available
to parties whose Members have not sworn the oath. Therefore a separate scheme, Representative
Money, was introduced in 2006 for parties whose Members had not taken the oath.</p><p>The
method of calculation is detailed in the comprehensive Library briefing note on the
subject. <a href="https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN01663"
target="_blank">https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN01663</a></p><p>The
amount paid out under representative money in 2017/18 was £149,707.51.</p><p>All short
money and representative money payments are published annually here: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-finance-office/Short%20money/Short%20Money%20Jun%2017-Mar%2018.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-finance-office/Short%20money/Short%20Money%20Jun%2017-Mar%2018.pdf</a></p><p>
</p>
|
|
