§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what consideration he has given to offering Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia for use as a hospital ship in support of humanitarian aid to the former Yugoslavia.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonNone.
§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the annual cost of maintaining Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia for each of the last 10 years; and from which subheads of which votes these costs are taken.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe annual cost of maintaining Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia is as follows:
£ million at outturn prices 1983–84 8.905 1984–85 5.843 1985–86 6.943 1986–87 4.749 1987–88 22.364 1988–89 9.542 1989–90 6.998 1990–91 9.272 1991–92 11.466 1992–931 8.602 1 Estimate. Expenditure falls mainly to subheads 1A, 1G, 1H, 2F4 and 5A3.