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2009/2010 allocations

General funding for Opposition Parties

From 1 April 2008, eligible parties receive £14,015 for every seat won at the last election plus £27.99 for every 200 votes gained by the party.

Travel Expenses for Opposition Parties

From 1 April 2008, £153,956 is apportioned between each of the Opposition parties in the same proportion as the amount given to each of them under the 'General Funding' scheme set out above.

Leader of the Opposition’s Office

£652,936 is available for the running costs of the Leader of the Opposition’s office for the financial year commencing on 1 April 2008. In addition, the Leader of the Opposition, the Opposition Chief Whip and the Assistant Opposition Whip receive a salary from public funds, on top of their parliamentary salary: £73,617, £41,370 and £26,624 respectively.

Short Money allocations, 2009/10, based on 2005 General Election results

Political party		General	Travel	Leader of the Opposition	Total
	Conservative	£4,004,543.00	£100,427.12	£652,936.00	£4,757,906.12
	Liberal Democrats	£1,706,587.00	£42,798.30	N/A	£1,749,385.30
	SNP	£141,777.00	£3,555.53	N/A	£145,332.53
	Plaid Cymru	£66,508.00	£1,667.91	N/A	£68,175.91
	DUP	£159,975.00	£4,011.90	N/A	£163,986.90
	SDLP	£59,623.00	£1,495.24	N/A	£61,118.24

Other parties' allocation under the 'representative business' scheme, 2009/10, based on 2005 General Election results

Political party		General	Travel	Leader of the Opposition	Total
	Sinn Féin	£94,482.00	£2,340.13	N/A	£96,822.13