Written Question·Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission·UIN 119303

Political Parties: Finance

Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 17 March 2026

Question

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative — Braintree

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the risks of impermissible donations being made through high-volume repeated do

Answer

Sir Jeremy Wright
Individual payments of £500 or less are not treated in law as a donation, so recipients are not required to identify the donor or check that they are a permissible source for donations.The Commission has highlighted that there are some existing safeguards...
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