Electoral Commission: Finance
The question
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the value is of the (a) RDEL and (b) CDEL settlement for the Electoral Commission in each year of the Spending Review 2025; and what plans the Commission has to delivery efficiency savings.
Answered by Sir Jeremy Wright
The Electoral Commission’s five-year Corporate Plan was approved by Parliament in February 2025. The plan outlines the benefits that the Commission’s work and spending will deliver for voters, electoral administrators and political parties and campaigners. The plan can be found on the Commission’s website.
The Commission’s budget per financial year (Westminster funding) is as follows:
Financial year | RDEL | CDEL |
2025/26 | £44.2m | £2.2m |
2026/27 | £47.5m | £2.7m |
2027/28 | £48.0m | £1.4m |
2028/29 | £68.5m | £1.3m |
2029/30 | £68.1m | £1.2m |
The Commission also has funding arrangements with the Scottish Parliament and Senedd Cymru for work related to devolved elections.
The Commission is fully committed to delivering value for money. It has recently made significant efficiency savings, including by sharing office space with the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. It has also achieved a 50% reduction in energy consumption at its London office, and a reduction in the cost of providing staff laptops.
The Commission will continue work with the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission to ensure Parliament and voters have confidence in the Commission’s finances.
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