Access to Elected Office fund

[Davıd Boothroyd]

Interesting statistics here on claims and payments from the Access to Elected Office fund, which helps people with disabilities stand in elections. Claims are very much concentrated on London and the South East, and from Labour and UKIP candidates.

www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-12-14/19953/

[neilm]

Jan 7, 2016 9:19:23 GMT Davıd Boothroyd said:

Interesting statistics here on claims and payments from the Access to Elected Office fund, which helps people with disabilities stand in elections. Claims are very much concentrated on London and the South East, and from Labour and UKIP candidates.

www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-12-14/19953/

Have they finished evaluating it yet? I believe something was due before the recess.

[peterl]

I'm not surprised at the number of UKIP candidates who do tend to be older and therefore more likely to suffer from for instance mobility problems.