Mr. Alan WilliamsTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage, pursuant to his reply of 25 May,Official Report, columns 482–83, if he will give a breakdown of (a) the categories of expenditure at each of the occupied royal palaces and (b) the amount spent on utilities, wages and other costs.
§ Mr.Sproat[holding answer 16 June 1993]: The figures for property service in 1992–93, broken down by palace where this information is kept separately, are as shown. The breakdown also shows expenditure on running costs (not broken down by palace), utilities and fire precautions.
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Breakdown of expenditure at each of the occupied Royal Palaces in 1992–93 in £000s £000 £000 Running costs (not possible to break down this figure)—including salaries and other administration costs such as auditors 1.109 Projects costing £150,000 or more Buckingham palace 1.003 Windsor castle 8.586 St. James's palace and Clarence house 0.762 Kensington palace 0.041 Other 0.423 10.815 Projects from £25,000 to £150,000 Buckingham palace 2.134 Windsor castle 0.341 St. James's palace and Clarence house 0.466 Kensington palace 0.472 Other 0.771 4.184 Jobs costing less than £2,500 In-house labour (not broken down) 0.438 Contract labour Buckingham palace 0.603 Windsor castle 0.188 St. James's palace and Clarence house 0.177 Kensington palace 0.096 Other 0.158 1.660 Other 0.470 Recoveries -0.719 Total maintenance 16.410 Furniture and equipment Buckingham palace 0.066 Windsor castle 0.070 St. James's palace and Clarence house 0.121 Kensington palace 0.001 Other1 0.339 Recoveries -0.020 0.577 Utilities Buckingham palace 0.889 Windsor castle 0.428 St. James's palace and Clarence house 0.180 Kensington palace 0.035 In-house water—Windsor 0.033 In-house water—other 0.023 Other 0.198 Recoveries -0.131 1.655 Other operational expenditure Fire service London—wages 0.096 London—other 0.164 Windsor—wages 0.128 Windsor—other 0.021 Fire officers inspection 0.008 0.417 Functions, royal gardens, custody guard services, etc. 2.135 Interest -0.308 Windsor castle salvage 1.164
£000 £000 23.159 1 Includes a figure of £23,000 paid from moneys left from an earlier year. Actual grant-in-aid provision for 1992–93 is £23,136.