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<p>Since 2016–17 it has been a requirement to publish the amounts paid for each financial
year and these can be found on the <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/foi/transparency-publications/hoc-transparency-publications/financial-information/financial-assistance-to-opposition-parties/"
target="_blank">Parliament website</a>. The short money and Representative Money provided
to each political party on an annual basis since 2015 can be found in the pdf attachment.</p><p>The
Short Money and Representative Money allocations scheduled to be paid for the current
financial year (1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023) are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>Short/Representative Money Allocations 2022/2023</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td
rowspan="2"><p><strong>Party</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>1 April 2022
to 31 March 2023</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Main Allocation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Travel
Budget</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)</p></td><td><p>£202,484.60</p></td><td><p>£5,018.85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Green
Party</p></td><td><p>£187,111.20</p></td><td><p>£4,637.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Labour
Party</p></td><td><p>£6,812,568.25</p></td><td><p>£146,451.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liberal
Democrats</p></td><td><p>£929,590.70</p></td><td><p>£23,040.69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plaid
Cymru</p></td><td><p>£110,875.00</p></td><td><p>£2,748.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish
National Party (SNP)</p></td><td><p>£1,149,355.15</p></td><td><p>£28,487.72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social
Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)</p></td><td><p>£110,875.00</p></td><td><p>£2,748.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sinn
Fein *</p></td><td><p>£171,032.15</p></td><td><p>£4,239.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>*
Representative Money</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information on previous
budget allocations for Short Money and Representative Money can also be found on the
App3 tab here:</p><p><a href="https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN01663/CBP01663-2021.xlsx"
target="_blank">Data sheets for Library briefing on Short Money </a>(44 KB, Excel
Spreadsheet)</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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