Princess of Wales Memorial Committee

HC Deb 14 February 2002 vol 380 cc590-1W

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much money from the proceeds of the £5 coin has been paid to projects recommended by the Princess of Wales Memorial Committee; how many organisations have received allocations; and how many will do so in 2002. [36113]

Ruth Kelly

The sale of commemorative and collector coins in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales raised £7,404,000 by 12 February 2002. This will be used to offset voted expenditure on projects put forward by the Diana Memorial Committee.

I gave details of these projects in my answer of 7 November 2001,Official Report, column 260W. As I said then, the total cost of the park projects to date is £6,000,000. Half of this has been spent, the balance associated with the building of the fountain in Hyde Park, will be used by summer 2003. The Diana Nursing Teams cost £2,000,000 in each of the last two financial years. They are forecast to cost the same this year and again in 2002–03.