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Category 2: Donations and other support for activities as a Member of Parliament

16.This category has two parts:

Category 2(a): support received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation (Defined as a registered political party or an accounting unit of such a party.). A Member must register under this sub-category support received by his or her constituency party organisation or which he or she receives via a central party organisation if there was a clear link between the donation and him or her; for example, if it was given to a such an organisation with a wish that it be allocated to him or her, to his or her fighting fund or to a front bench office which he or she held; if it was assigned to him or her in circumstances where he or she was aware, or could reasonably be expected to be aware, of the identity of the donor; or if he or she had invited or encouraged the donation;

Category 2(b): any other support received by a Member. This includes support received indirectly, for example via a political club (A political club is not a registered political party or an accounting unit of such a party. It is likely to be a Members’ association under PPERA, defined as an organisation separate from, but which may be affiliated to, registered parties, but whose members come mainly from one party.). Before accepting any donations registrable under this category, Members must check that they are from a permissible donor. Under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act, Members must not accept impermissible donations and must notify the Electoral Commission within 30 days of receipt.22

17.Under this category Members must register:

a)Financial support and sponsorship;

sponsorship?

b)Loans and credit arrangements;

c)Support in kind, including any of the following, if provided either free or at concessionary rates: advice or information services; receptions and events; training or development for the Member or his or her staff; the services of staff or interns; the provision of office space or equipment; hospitality or travel benefits such as season tickets or parking; (A concessionary rate should be valued by reference to the nearest equivalent commercial rate.)

d)Bequests;

e)Gifts of property.

19.Members are required to provide the following information:

a)The name and address of the donor and (if the donation was received indirectly) of the organisation acting as intermediary; (Private addresses will not be published.)

Private individual?

b)The amount of the donation, or its nature and value if it is a donation in kind; (When registering a donation from a fundraising event, for example a fundraising dinner for which an individual has bought a ticket, Members should deduct the costs of the individual’s dinner to arrive at the value of their donation. They should register it if it exceeds the relevant financial threshold for donations. Where funds are raised for more than one Member, each should register as if he or she was the sole beneficiary.)

sole beneficiary flag? no says thomas

float + currency? always gbp

flag to show benefit in kind? yes

c)Category 2(b) only: the dates of receipt (Subscriptions, memberships and staff secondments are generally regarded as received on their start dates.) and acceptance;

d)The status of the donor (whether an individual, building society, friendly society, LLP, registered party (other than the Member’s own party), trade union, unincorporated association or company, in which case the company registration number is required);

is this a full list or examples? examples… < full list + other

e)If the donor is a trust, the name and address of the person who created the trust; if created after 27 July 1999, the names and addresses of all others who have transferred property to the trust, or, if created before 27 July 1999, the date it was created;

my word!

f)If the donation is by means of a bequest, the name and last address of the person who made the bequest, or, if that address is not listed in an electoral register, the last address where that person was registered in the previous five years.

is the bequester the donar?