§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the total cost of running and maintaining the Royal Yacht "Britannia" in each of the last eight years; and whether he will provide figures for refits separately.
§ Mr. DuffyThe total cost of running and maintaining HMY "Britannia" in each of the last eight years is shown below:
During the years in question there were two refits. The first was between October 1972 and July 1973 at a cost of £1,782,000; the second between January and April 1976 at a cost of £1,379,000.
£ 1970–71 … … 776,000 1971–72 … … 895,000 1972–73 … … 1,882,000 1973–74 … … 1,654,000 1974–75 … … 1.516,000 1975–76 … … 2,453,000 1976–77 … … 2,140,000 1977–78 (estimate) … … 3,250,000