§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the total spent on the official residence of Princess Margaret at Kensington Palace in each of the last 15 years.
§ Mr. MonroExpenditure on this apartment in each of the last seven years is shown in the following table:
1973–74 £1,436 1974–75 £2,265 1975–76 £2,733 1976–77 £4,487 1977–78 £4,256 1978–79 £1,717 1979–80 £4,625 (The final figure for the year 1979–80 is not yet available: the amount shown is expenditure up to and including February 1980.)
The records for earlier years are incomplete.
288WThe Department is responsible for the general upkeep of Kensington Palace and all apartments benefit from this. However, such expenditure is not subdivided and it is not possible to attribute a sum to a particular apartment.