§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give details of new works costing under £10,000 and over £10,000, respectively, to be undertaken at each of the Royal Palaces in the year 1971–72.
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§ Mr. AmeryThe following is the information :
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Palace Cost Category Service Total Estimated cost St. James's Palace … Under £10,000 Ambassador's Court, Apartment 28 (Official Residence) re-occupation services £6,000 Provision of toilet accommodation in State Apartments £3,350 Renewal of boilers in central boiler house and conversion to gas £8,500 Chapel Royal—new infill to East Window … £1,250 Fire precautions … £500 Over £10,000 York House—reconstruction as offices for the Lord Chamberlain and Appartment for T.R.H. The Duke and Duchess of Kent £152,000 Buckingham Palace … Under £10,000 Re-arrangement of staff Dining Room and provision of new help-yourself Servery £9,925 Conversion of former Plate Rooms to provide staff refreshment facilities £8,650 Central Stores (Basement) reorganisation … £5,000 Royal Mews Nos. 4 and 5 Stables, convert existing stalls to loose boxes £4,600 Provision of office and living accommodation for staff £3,900 Services and alterations required by Fire Officers … £3,500 Preparation of additional accommodation to house new G.P.O. switchboard £3,000 State Guest Rooms—re-organisation … £2,400 Reorganisation of Household accommodation in basement … £2,250 Over £10,000 Modifications to heating mains … £10,000 Provision of new Depot Offices and accommodation for D.O.E. staff … £11,000 Windsor Castle … Under £10,000 Town Gate, Home Park—installation of booster pumping station for water supply £7,000 Garter House, re-occupation services (Official Residence for Superintendent) £6,000 No. 7 Lower Ward—re-occupation services … £4,000 State Apartments—adaptations to annexe for display of arms £1,950 Adaptations to boiler room and store … £1,800 1 Salisbury Tower—re-occupation services … £1,500 Royal Mews, Burford House—modernisation of toilet accommodation £1,200 Improvements to official staff accommodation … £2,050 Royal Mews Forge—provide wash basin with hot and cold water and redecorate … £280 Over £10,000 Installation of new electric cabling … £40,000 Kensington Palace … Under £10,000 Apartment No. 3 Upper Stables—re-occupation services £1,000 Over £10,000 NIL … — Hampton Court Palace … Under £10,000 Increase capacity of electrical sub-mains metwork £2,700 State Apartments—improvements to lighting … £2,000 Over £10,000 Adaptations to Lower Orangery for rehousing Mantegna Paintings £100,000 (provisional estimate) Palace of Holyroodhouse … Under £10,000 Provision of new stores and outhouses at Palace Gardens £2,250 Over £10,000 NIL … —
§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much has been spent on Kensington Palace in each year since 1962–63 ; how many grace-and-favour residences exist there ; and if he will indicate on which residences the money has been spent, and for what purposes.
§ Mr. AmeryThe actual total expenditure was :
£ 1962–63 87,131 1963–64 39,385 1964–65 38,787 1965–66 38,711 1966–67 31,385 1967–68 37,434 1968–69 30,014 1969–70 39,416 1970–71 50,758 2. There are 18 Grace and Favour residences at Kensington Palace.
3. Details of the expenditure on these are :
1962–63 Apartment 2 Old Barracks—Re-occupational services 1,258 Apartment 1A—Reoccupational services 61,572 1963–64 Apartment 6—Reoccupational services 2,001 Apartment 1A—Completion of reoccupational services started in 1962–63 7,331 1964–65 Apartment 10—Reoccupational services 2,600 1965–66 Apartment 1A—Settlement of contractor's claim 3,635 Apartment 4—Adaptation of sanitary services 4,850 1966–67 to 1968–69 Nil. 1969–70 Apartment 1—Reoccupational services 3,800 Apartment 5A Old Barracks—Reoccupational services 1,425 1970–71 Apartment 1—Completion of reoccupational services started in 1969–70 4,194 Apartment 5A Old Barracks—Completion of reoccupational services started in 1969–70 4,814 4. The bulk of the total expenditure at Kensington Palace is for the external maintenance of the structure and fabric of the building and for the general upkeep of the area, e.g. roads.