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Political Parties: Conferences

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the costs were of policing the annual party political conferences in each of the last three years; and from what budget these costs were met. (219114)

Costs of policing annual party conferences fall to the relevant police authority. The Home Office has provided additional grant to the authorities responsible for policing the annual conference of the two main parties. The amount of additional grant paid in the last three years is set out in the following table:

National autumn conferences

Force

Amount of Government special grant (£ million)

Labour

2006-07

Greater Manchester

3.984

2007-08

Dorset

5.320

2008-09

Greater Manchester

6.500

Conservative

2006-07

Dorset

2.150

2007-08

Lancashire

1.797

2008-09

West Midlands

4.500