The amount paid per year to each political party under the Financial Assistance to Political Parties Scheme as operated by the Northern Ireland Assembly is set out as follows.
In terms of future funding, I would refer my hon. Friend to the work plan published with the joint statement made by the Prime Minster and the Taoiseach on 29 June 2006, which stated that salaries and allowances for MLAs and financial assistance to parties would stop from 24 November if restoration does not occur by that date.
1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 Alliance 22,500 35,000 32,000 32,000 66,000 59,372 66,000 Democratic Unionist Party 45,000 60,200 60,090 60,000 123,877 154,230 187,264 Northern Ireland Unionist Party 3,833 29,500 27,400 26,000 27,000 20,192 1n/a Progressive Unionist Party 16,000 24,000 24,000 24,000 54,000 43,000 2,077 Social Democratic and Labour Party 51,000 69,500 68,100 68,000 102,000 84,000 102,000 Sinn Fein 42,000 57,490 56,076 56,000 105,549 126,322 51,403 United Kingdom Unionist Party 22,500 31,500 22,000 22,000 27,000 24,900 27,000 Ulster Unionist Party 57,000 77,100 73,110 72,000 121,269 127,222 168,385 United Unionist Assembly Party 11,333 27,500 26,016 26,000 52,500 35,000 1n/a Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition 18,000 25,500 24,000 24,000 54,000 34,000 1n/a 1 These parties did not continue operating following the 2003 NI Assembly election.