Appendix 1: Party and Member Support appropriations
Advertising expenditure incurred by the Parliamentary Service in the three months before the 2005 General Election.
The table below includes the descriptions of the Party and Member Support appropriations, and the amounts allocated to them in 2004-05 and 2005-06. The data is from The Estimates of Appropriations for the Government of New Zealand for the year ending 30 June 2006.
| Appropriation | 2004-05 $000 incl. GST |
2005-06 $000 excl. GST |
|---|---|---|
| Party and Member Support – ACT Funding to support its Leader’s office, research operations, Whip’s office and members’ parliamentary operations. |
1,039 | 1,086 |
| Party and Member Support – Green Funding to support its Co-Leaders’ office, research operations, Parliamentary musterer’s office and members’ parliamentary operations. |
1,086 | 1,086 |
| Party and Member Support – Labour Funding to support its Leader’s office, research operations, Whip’s office and members’ parliamentary operations. |
5,326 | 5,326 |
| Party and Member Support – Māori Funding to support its Leader’s office, research operations, and members’ parliamentary operations. |
181 | 187 |
| Party and Member Support – National Funding to support its Leader’s office, research operations, Whip’s office and members’ parliamentary operations. |
3,611 | 3,611 |
| Party and Member Support – New Zealand First Funding to support its Leader’s office, research operations, Whip’s office and members’ parliamentary operations. |
1,568 | 1,568 |
| Party and Member Support – Progressive Coalition Funding to support its Leader’s office, research operations, and members’ parliamentary operations. |
245 | 245 |
| Party and Member Support – United Funding to support its Leader’s office, research operations, and members’ parliamentary operations. |
993 | 993 |
| Member Support – Independent* Funding for the Independent members’ parliamentary operations. |
29 | 0 |
| Members’ Communications Funding for members’ communications (voice and data) entitlements, and members’ use of stationery in Parliament. |
3,516 | 3,516 |
* This appropriation was for support services for the independent MP Donna Awatere-Huata, before her departure from Parliament in November 2004. The appropriation lapsed after 2004-05.
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