Political Parties: Finance
The question
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the answer of 3 June 2026 to Question 3420 on Political Parties: Finance, whether combined donations to a regulated donee from (a) a donor and (b) the donor’s personal services company should be aggregated for the purposes of donation reporting where such individual donations would be below the reporting threshold.
Answered by Sir Jeremy Wright
In some cases, an individual or organisation may act as an agent in facilitating a donation. For example, where a donor transfers a donation to an agent, who then transfers the donation to the recipient.
If a donor intends to make a donation through their personal services company, the Electoral Commission’s advice is to treat this as a donation from the underlying personal donor.
Donations from the same source in the same calendar year should be aggregated for reporting. Where a personal services company is not acting as an agent for the donation, these donations should be reported separately.
Transferring a donation to an agent rather than directly to a recipient must not be used as an attempt to evade permissibility and transparency laws.
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