Written Question·Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission·UIN 48131

Candidates: Expenditure

Tabled: 25 April 2025
Answered: 29 April 2025

Question

Kevin Hollinrake

Conservative — Thirsk and Malton

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission issues to candidates on declaring notional expenditure associated with policing and security

Answer

Sir Jeremy Wright
The Commission’s guidance on candidate spending laws explains that reasonable expenses relating to the protection of persons or property, such as hiring security, do not count as candidate spending. It therefore does not need to be declared on a candidate...
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