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Written Question
Sinn Fein: Finance
Monday 19th March 2018

Asked by: Lady Hermon (Independent - North Down)

Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House, with which political parties she has discussed reducing the amount of representative money given to Sinn Fein; and if she will make a statement.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The issue of representative money is primarily a matter for the House. No discussions have taken place on this issue.


Written Question
Sinn Fein: Finance
Monday 15th January 2018

Asked by: Lady Hermon (Independent - North Down)

Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House, what steps she is taking to review the representative money allocated to Sinn Fein after the conduct of the hon. Member for West Tyrone in relation to the Kingsmill massacre; and if she will make a statement.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

It is the Government's view that the issue of representative money for Members of Parliament is primarily a matter for the House itself to resolve.


Written Question
Short Money
Friday 8th September 2017

Asked by: Lady Hermon (Independent - North Down)

Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House, if she will amend the Resolution on Short Money to support independent members of Parliament who have sworn the oath; and if she will make a statement.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Short Money is funding to assist an opposition party in carrying out its Parliamentary business.

Under the resolution of the House of 26 May 1999, financial assistance is not provided to independent Members of Parliament.

It is the Government’s view that this issue of Short Money for independent Members of Parliament is primarily a matter for the House itself to resolve.


Written Question
Sinn Fein: Finance
Thursday 20th July 2017

Asked by: Lady Hermon (Independent - North Down)

Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House, if the Government will take steps to stop representative money being paid to hon. Members elected for Sinn Féin under the circumstances that those hon. Members refuse to take their seats; and if she will make a statement.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Under a resolution of the House financial assistance is provided to opposition parties represented by Members who have chosen not to take their seats.

It is the Government's view that this issue is primarily a matter for the House itself to resolve.


Written Question
Sinn Fein: Finance
Thursday 20th July 2017

Asked by: Lady Hermon (Independent - North Down)

Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House, how much Representative Money has been paid to hon. Members elected for Sinn Fein since Representative Money was first made available to those hon. Members; and if she will make a statement.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Since the resolution of the House of 8 February 2006, up to and including the 2016/17 financial year, the total Main Budget allocation of Representative Money to Sinn Fein has been £1,119,796.


Written Question
Sinn Fein: Finance
Wednesday 19th July 2017

Asked by: Lady Hermon (Independent - North Down)

Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2017 to Question 2658, on Sinn Fein: finance, if she will publish how much of representative money will be paid to hon. Members elected for Sinn Fein in the 2017-19 parliamentary session; and if she will make a statement.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Following the results of the 2017 General Election, the full year Representative Money allocation for Sinn Fein is:

Main Budget: £161,501.00

Travel Budget: £3,578.03

The pro-rated figures for the post-election period (i.e. 9 June 2017 to 31 March 2018) are £130,970.55 and £2,901.64 respectively.

Figures for future years will be based on the annual percentage increase of the consumer price index as at the previous December.


Written Question
Democratic Unionist Party: Short Money
Tuesday 11th July 2017

Asked by: Lady Hermon (Independent - North Down)

Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House, what estimate she has made of the amount of Short Money that the Democratic Unionist Party will receive as a result of the outcome of the June 2017 General Election.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

I refer the hon. Lady to the answer that was given to the hon. Member for West Bromwich East on Question UIN 1655. This was answered Monday 3rd July.


Written Question
Sinn Fein: Finance
Tuesday 11th July 2017

Asked by: Lady Hermon (Independent - North Down)

Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House, whether hon. Members elected for Sinn Fein receive any monies in funding analogous to Short Money provision to the Democratic Unionist Party.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Short Money is not available to parties whose Members have not sworn the oath. Instead, Representative Money is available to those parties so that they may carry out their representative duties.

Further information about Representative Money is available at http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN01663/SN01663.pdf.


Written Question
English Votes for English Laws
Thursday 29th June 2017

Asked by: Lady Hermon (Independent - North Down)

Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House, if she will introduce proposals to rescind standing orders relating to English votes for English laws; and if she will make a statement.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Government undertook a technical review of the Standing Orders relating to English Votes for English Laws in October 2016. A report was subsequently published on 30 March 2017 in which the Government concluded that the procedures introduced by English Votes have shown to be working well and do not require substantive change at this time. However, Parliament and the Government will continue to work together in monitoring the operation of the procedures.

A copy of the report can be found at the below address:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/english-votes-for-english-laws-review


Written Question
English Votes for English Laws: EU Law
Wednesday 22nd February 2017

Asked by: Lady Hermon (Independent - North Down)

Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House, if he will hold discussions with his Cabinet colleagues to ensure that Standing Orders Numbers 83J to 83Y do not apply to proceedings relating to the Great Repeal Bill; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by David Lidington

The Standing Orders of the House of Commons will apply to the Great Repeal Bill in the usual way.