{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-policy-development-grants-scheme-order-2002/schedule/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-policy-development-grants-scheme-order-2002/schedule/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/224",
  "legislation_title": "The Elections (Policy Development Grants Scheme) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-policy-development-grants-scheme-order-2002",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Allocation between eligible parties",
  "text": "In each year for which this Scheme has effect the Commission shall allocate the money provided for the making of grants in that year so that—\n(a) the Conservative party, the Labour party, and the Liberal Democrat party may each receive an amount not exceeding the aggregate of—\n(i) the amount determined by dividing £1 million by the number of eligible parties; and\n(ii) the amount determined for that year in accordance with paragraphs 6 to 8;\n(b) the Democratic Unionist party, the Social Democratic and Labour party, and the Ulster Unionist party may each receive an amount not exceeding the aggregate of—\n(i) the amount determined by dividing £1 million by the number of eligible parties; and\n(ii) the amount determined for that year in accordance with paragraphs 6, 7 and 9; and\n(c) Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party may each receive an amount not exceeding the aggregate of—\n(i) the amount determined by dividing £1 million by the number of eligible parties; and\n(ii) the amount calculated in accordance with paragraphs 6 and 7 as its notional share for that year.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/224/schedule/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:15:55.770392+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}