Eligible political parties are allocated a share of an annual £2,000,000 policy development grant (PDG) which Parliament has made available to encourage long-term policy development.
Parties may spend the grant on developing policies for inclusion in their manifestos but not on routine expenditure or campaigning. Eligible parties are, on the 7 March each year, those that have at least two Members of the House of Commons who have taken the Oath and are not disqualified from sitting or voting in the House.
PDG are paid in arrears against claims submitted by eligible parties in respect of qualifying expenditure.
Here you can find information on the amount of grant allocated to each party since 2002, and the amounts claimed against those allocations.
All other public funds distributed to parties can be viewed in the register of donations to political parties.
