The Transparency of Donations and Loans etc. (Northern Ireland Political Parties) Order 2018 introduced transparency around donations and loans to political parties in Northern Ireland from July 2017. The date set in the legislation for introduction of the transparency regime followed a consultation process and represented a broad consensus across the Northern Ireland political parties.<\/p>
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The Government has no plans in place to legislate to facilitate the publication of pre-2017 data. We are committed to undertaking an operational review to consider all aspects of the operation of the donation and loans systems in Northern Ireland, to review whether there might be a case for further reforms.<\/p>
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The Northern Ireland Office has used the following quantity of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas in each of the last three years:<\/p>
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(a) electricity<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p> 2017/18 - <\/strong>792,333 Kwh<\/p> 2016/17 - <\/strong>805,366 Kwh<\/p> 2015/16 - <\/strong>850,490 Kwh<\/p> <\/p> (b) natural gas<\/p> <\/p> 2017/18 - <\/strong>17,410 m3<\/p> 2016/17 - <\/strong>18,133 m3<\/p> 2015/16 - <\/strong>22,803 m3<\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1003670/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Northern Ireland Office has been charged the following for (a) electricity and (b) natural gas in each of the last three years:<\/p> <\/p> (a) <\/strong>electricity<\/p> <\/p> 2017/18 - <\/strong>£ 88,642<\/p> 2016/17 - <\/strong>£ 51,133<\/p> 2015/16 - <\/strong>£ 69,032<\/p> <\/p> (b) <\/strong>natural gas<\/p> <\/p> 2017/18 - <\/strong>£ 9,029<\/p> 2016/17 - <\/strong>£ 6,265<\/p> 2015/16 - <\/strong>£ 11,178<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/750281/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " I wrote to the Northern Ireland political parties and to the Electoral Commission in January seeking their views on moving to full transparency and the date from which transparency should take effect. While all parties that responded expressed broad support for the future publication of donations and loans, only one party expressed support for backdating publication to 1 January 2014. All responses are available at the following link:<\/p>