HC Deb 13 July 2000 vol 353 c632W
Mr. Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost was of(a) Beating the Retreat and (b) Trooping the Colour for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [128787]

Dr. Moonie

[holding answer 3 July 2000]: Costs were not collected for the Queen's Birthday Parade (Trooping the Colour) and Beating the Retreat until 1996 and were not identified separately until this year. The total costs between 1996 and 1999 were:

£
1996 33,400
1997 34,300
1998 35,200
1999 36,000

For this year, the cost of the Queen's Birthday Parade was £31,200 and for Beating the Retreat £7,420, giving a total of £38,620.

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