§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Lord President of the Council what was the estimated cost to public funds of the construction work, security arrangements and other consequential activities resulting from the attendance of Her Majesty the Queen at the Palace of Westminster to make the speech from the Throne in 1975 and 1976, respectively.
§ Mr. Foot,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 29th November 1976; Vol. 921, c. 27], gave the following information:
I understand that expenditure by the Department of the Environment in connection with the State Opening in 1975 was approximately £11,000. The equivalent figure for this year is estimated at about £12,000.
Information about the additional expenditure resulting from the deployment of Metropolitan police officers who would not otherwise have been on duty could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.
478WNo additional staff were recruited by either House and no extra expenditure was incurred by them which could be readily identified.