HC Deb 13 November 2001 vol 374 cc634-6W
Andrew Mackinlay

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her answer of 25 October 2001,Official Report, column 355W, on the occupation of flats in the royal palaces, if she will list the residents. [11798]

Dr. Howells

[holding answer 1 November 2001]The list of persons who occupy residences in the Occupied Royal Palaces other than members of the Royal Family at 31 December 2000 is as follows

  1. (i) Private Secretaries and Officials in the Queen's Household: 33
  2. (ii) Private Secretaries and Officials in other Households: 6
  3. (iii) Domestic staff in the Queen's Household: 29
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  4. (iv) Domestic Staff in other Households: 11
  5. (v) Stables staff looking after the Civil List carriages and carriage horses: 19
  6. (vi) The Queen's private staff and staff who work on the Royal Farms at Windsor: 9
  7. (vii) Chauffeurs in the Queen's Household: 4
  8. (viii) Chauffeurs in other Households: 4
  9. (ix) Staff in the Queen's Household responsible for the maintenance of the Occupied Palaces Estate (including the Director of Property Services): 18
  10. (x) Gardeners in the Queen's Household: 4
  11. (xi) Gatekeepers and security staff: 6
  12. (xii) Firepatrolmen in the Queen's Household: 4
  13. (xiii) Craftsmen and porters in the Queen's Household: 19
  14. (xiv) Royal Collection staff: 4
  15. (xv) Crown Estate gardeners: 2
  16. (xvi) Military Knights at Windsor Castle (Pensioners): 13
  17. (xvii) Pensioners: 43
  18. (xviii) Commercial: 16
  19. Total: 244.

The total of (i) and (ii) is 39 and the list of posts by job title is as follows: Private Secretaries and Officials in the Queen's Household provided with residential accommodation (i)

  1. 1. Assistant Private Secretary to the Queen
  2. 2. Keeper of the Privy Purse
  3. 3. Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Office
  4. 4. Crown Equerry
  5. 5. Director of the Royal Collection
  6. 6. Mistress of the Robes
  7. 7. Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps
  8. 8. Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle
  9. 9. Deputy Treasurer to the Queen
  10. 10. Deputy Master of the Household
  11. 11. Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures
  12. 12. Royal Librarian
  13. 13. Equerry in Waiting to the Queen
  14. 14. Sub-Dean Chapel Royal
  15. 15. Superintendent, Royal Mews
  16. 16. Superintendent, Windsor Castle
  17. 17. Secretary, Lord Chamberlain's Office
  18. 18. Chief Clerk, Master of the Household's Department
  19. 19. Chief Correspondence Clerk
  20. 20. Deputy Superintendent, Royal Mews
  21. 21. Administrator, Royal Collection
  22. 22. Superintendent of St. James's Palace State Apartments
  23. 23. Deputy Chief Clerk, Royal Mews
  24. 24. Assistant Curator, Royal library
  25. 25. Archivist, Royal Archives
  26. 26. Registrar, Royal Archives
  27. 27. Deputy Registrar, Royal Archives
  28. 28. Assistant Registrar, Royal Archives
  29. 29. Secretary to the Communications Secretary
  30. 30. Exhibitions and Maintenance Conservator, Royal library
  31. 31. Armourer, Royal Collection
  32. 32. Messenger of the Yeoman of the Guard
  33. 33. Serjeant of the Vestry, Chapel Royal
Private Secretaries and Officials in Other Royal Households provided with Residential Accommodation (ii)
  1. 34. Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
  2. 35. Private Secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh
  3. 36. Equerry in Waiting to the Duke of Edinburgh
  4. 37. Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales
  5. 38. Private Secretary to the Duke of York
  6. 39. Private Secretary to the Duke of Gloucester.

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