Subsidies for Parliamentary Groups

Last update. 03/11/2024

Legal Regime
 
Section 34 of the Standing Orders of the Senate reads as follows: “The Senate shall grant a subsidy to the Parliamentary Groups for an amount to be determined according to the number of their members, plus a fix allowance identical for all the Groups.”»
 
In the meeting held on 16 October 2018, the Bureau of the Senate approved the agreement on the rationalisation of subsidies for Parliamentary Groups charged to the Senate Budget, applicable from 01 January 2019.

 

Calculation Method
 
Here follows a description of the calculation method for the subsidy to Parliamentary Groups foreseen in section 34 of the Standing Orders of the Senate:
 
a) Fix allowance identical for all the Groups: 15,732.00 euros/month. 
 
b) Variable allowance: Per Senator of the Parliamentary Group: 1,966.50 euros/month.
  
 

Payment 

 
Subsidies are paid monthly. Parliamentary Groups shall submit to the Bureau their NIF [Tax Identification Number] and a differentiated current account where payments and debits arising from the economic and financial activities shall be made. 
  

Subsidies Amount

 
Data relating to subsidies for Parliamentary Groups constituted during XIV Legislature (which may vary if changes are made to their composition) are:
 

 

General subsidy under section 34 of the Standing Orders of the Senate

 

Parliamentary Group Number of Senators Subsidy euros / month Senator euros/month ratio.
Popular en el Senado 144 298.908,00 2.075,75
Socialista 89 190.750,50 2.143,26
Izquierdas por la Independencia (Esquerra Republicana-Euskal Herria Bildu) 11 37.363,50 3.396,68
Plural en el Senado Junts per Catalunya-Coalición Canaria - Agrupación Herreña Independiente - Bloque Nacionalista Galego 6 27.531,00 4.588,50
Vasco en el Senado (EAJ - PNV) 6 27.531,00 4.588,50
Izquierda Confederal (Más Madrid, Eivissa i Formentera al Senat, Compromís, Agrupación Socialista Gomera y Geroa Bai) 6 27.531,00 4.588,50
Mixto* 4 23.598,00 5.899,50
 
* By agreement of the Bureau made in the meeting held on 02 February 2016, this subsidy shall be paid to the Senators of the said Group in accordance with the entity constituted given their membership of a same political group.