§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage (1) how many people are employed in the royal collection department of the royal household; and if he will list their grades and duties;
(2) if he will publish the work in progress on the inventory of the royal collection;
(3) pursuant to his answer of 11 January, Official Report, column 540, what items in the royal collection are the personal property of the sovereign; and whose consent is required for the sale or other disposal of items in the royal collection;
(4) pursuant to his answer of 11 January, Official Report, column 540, what items in the royal collection are located in the private residences of the sovereign.
§ Mr. BrookeThe Government have no funding or supervisory responsibility for the royal collection. The questions raised are matters for the Director of the Royal Collection, to whom the hon. Member may wish to write.