{"value":{"id":1281908,"askingMemberId":4153,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2021-01-28T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2021-02-11T00:00:00","uin":"HL12726","questionText":"To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to raise the spending limits for candidates standing for (1) local authority, (2) mayoral, and (3) Parliamentary, elections in the UK.","answeringBodyId":53,"answeringBodyName":"Cabinet Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4200,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2021-02-11T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Government uprated spending limits for candidates standing for local authority elections in England in December 2020.</p><p>As set out in the Written Ministerial Statements laid on 3 December 2020 from the <a href=\"https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2020-12-03/hcws618\" target=\"_blank\">Minister of State for the Constitution and Devolution</a>, and <a href=\"https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2020-12-03/hlws610\" target=\"_blank\">Lord True</a>, it is the Government’s intention to review party and candidate spending limits for all other polls (within the legislative competence of the UK Government) this year.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Elections: Campaigns","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1281908","method":"GET"}]}