HC Deb 16 May 1994 vol 243 cc344-5W
Ms Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will list the state ceremonial occasions, and expenditure on them by his Department, referred to under the heading "Occupied Royal Palaces", in his Department's expenditure plans for 1994–95, Cm 2511.

Mr. Sproat

The state ceremonials for which the Department has responsibility the planned expenditure on these for 1994–95 is as follows:

£
Commonwealth Day Flag Flying 14,000
State visit President of Zimbabwe 210,000
Her Majesty The Queen's Birthday Parade 44,000
United Nations Day Flag Flying 2,200
Remembrance Sunday 65,000
Association of Jewish ex-servicemen and women (AJEX) 1,000
336,000
Additional costs Fees/storage/repairs 218,600
Total 554,800

Ms Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will give a breakdown of his Department's estimated £11 million expenditure for 1994–95 on the Historic Royal Palaces Agency.

Mr. Sproat

Of the £11 million public expenditure allocated to the Historic Royal Palaces Agency for 1994–95£3 million has been transferred to the Royal Armouries in year towards the cost of the new museum in Leeds; £1.5 million will be spent on modernising fire detection and prevention systems in line with the recommendations of the Bailey Inquiry following the Windsor fire; and the remainder will go towards other capital conservation and improvement schemes, building maintenance and running costs.

Three quarters of the agency's costs are met from commercial receipts.

Ms Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will give a breakdown for each royal palace of the £20.6 million due to be spent by his Department in 1994–95 on the occupied royal palaces.

Mr. Sproat

The amounts planned to be spent on each of the occupied royal palaces in 1994–95 are as follows:

£ million
Buckingham Palace 4.043
Windsor Castle 5.910
St James's Palace and Clarence House 2.998
Kensington Palace 1.171
Utilities/salaries and ancillary costs 6.469
Total 20.591

Ms Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what are the other historic buildings referred to in his Department's expenditure plans 1994–95, Cm 2511, under the heading "Occupied Royal Palaces"; and how much of the £26.4 million total for this period will be spent on them.

Mr. Sproat

The other historic buildings under this heading for which the Department has some responsibility are: Apsley house, the Royal Naval college at Greenwich, Osborne house and the Albert memorial. The Department also has responsibility for maintenance of Trafalgar square, and certain statues in London.

Planned expenditure in 1994–95 on these buildings and structures is £3.1 million. Additionally up to £1 million is being made available by English Heritage towards the restoration of the Albert memorial.