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Question for Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

UIN 226945, tabled on 10 March 2015

Question

Sadiq Khan
Labour
Tooting
Commons

To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many full time equivalent Electoral Commission employees are working on monitoring and enforcement of Part 2 of the Transparency of Lobbying, Third Party Campaigning and Trade Union Act 2014.

Answer

Mr Gary Streeter
Conservative
South West Devon
Commons

Answered on

17 March 2015

The aim of the Commission is to regulate in a way that is effective, proportionate and fair, in line with the principles of good regulation. Wherever possible, the Commission will use advice and guidance to assist people to help them to comply with legislation but will monitor and take enforcement action where necessary.

In 2014-15, two full time equivalent Commission employees (based on average full time equivalent employees over the year) worked on enforcement and monitoring of the Transparency of Lobbying, Third Party Campaigning and Trade Union Act 2014 and the average full time equivalent budget for 2015-16 is 3.92 staff.

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