HC Deb 06 May 1981 vol 4 c95W
25. Mr. van Straubenzee

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the cost in 1980–81 of heating the Palace of Westminster.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

The cost of heating the Palace of Westminster was £240,396. This includes the supply of heat to the kitchens and for the hot water system, but excludes the cost of heating some offices by electric fires.