§ Ms MowlamTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will list the state ceremonial occasions, and expenditure on them by his Department, referred to under the heading "Occupied Royal Palaces", in his Department's expenditure plans for 1994–95, Cm 2511.
§ Mr. SproatThe state ceremonials for which the Department has responsibility the planned expenditure on these for 1994–95 is as follows:
£ Commonwealth Day Flag Flying 14,000 State visit President of Zimbabwe 210,000 Her Majesty The Queen's Birthday Parade 44,000 United Nations Day Flag Flying 2,200 Remembrance Sunday 65,000 Association of Jewish ex-servicemen and women (AJEX) 1,000 336,000 Additional costs Fees/storage/repairs 218,600 Total 554,800
§ Ms MowlamTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will give a breakdown of his Department's estimated £11 million expenditure for 1994–95 on the Historic Royal Palaces Agency.
§ Mr. SproatOf the £11 million public expenditure allocated to the Historic Royal Palaces Agency for 1994–95
£3 million has been transferred to the Royal Armouries in year towards the cost of the new museum in Leeds;£1.5 million will be spent on modernising fire detection and prevention systems in line with the recommendations of the Bailey Inquiry following the Windsor fire;and the remainder will go towards other capital conservation and improvement schemes, building maintenance and running costs.Three quarters of the agency's costs are met from commercial receipts.
§ Ms MowlamTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will give a breakdown for each royal palace of the £20.6 million due to be spent by his Department in 1994–95 on the occupied royal palaces.
§ Mr. SproatThe amounts planned to be spent on each of the occupied royal palaces in 1994–95 are as follows:
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£ million Buckingham Palace 4.043 Windsor Castle 5.910 St James's Palace and Clarence House 2.998 Kensington Palace 1.171 Utilities/salaries and ancillary costs 6.469 Total 20.591
§ Ms MowlamTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what are the other historic buildings referred to in his Department's expenditure plans 1994–95, Cm 2511, under the heading "Occupied Royal Palaces"; and how much of the £26.4 million total for this period will be spent on them.
§ Mr. SproatThe other historic buildings under this heading for which the Department has some responsibility are: Apsley house, the Royal Naval college at Greenwich, Osborne house and the Albert memorial. The Department also has responsibility for maintenance of Trafalgar square, and certain statues in London.
Planned expenditure in 1994–95 on these buildings and structures is £3.1 million. Additionally up to £1 million is being made available by English Heritage towards the restoration of the Albert memorial.