§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Prime Minister if she will provide the final figure for 1988–89 for(a) the cost of 652W maintaining and running 10 Downing street and additional cost at Chequers, (b) the grant in aid to the Chequers Trust and (c) the costs on a consistent basis and expressed at constant 1984–85 prices.
§ The Prime MinisterFinal figures for 1988–89 are not available. The latest estimates of the figures requested are:
£ (a) cost of maintaining and running 10 Downing street and additional costs at Cheques 1 2 3 6,262,672 (b) grant-in-aid to Cheques Trust 238,000 (c) figures at (a) and (b) in 1984–85 price terms (a) 5,099,888 (b) 193,810 1The figures include costs at both 10 Downing street and Chequers; the information is not available by location. 2 Salaries and wages, notional pension liability, administration costs, the costs of office services and the grant-in-aid to the Chequers Trust are included. The salary of the Prime Minister is excluded. 3 This total is calculated on a consistent basis with the total for 1986–87 in sub-paragraph (a) of the reply to the hon. Member on 23 October 1987 at column 846. If office services costs are excluded (to produce a figure consistent with those at sub-paragraph (c) of that reply) the total for 1988–89 is £5,756,942. (£4,688,056 at 1984–85 prices).