APPENDIX 2
SUPPLEMENTARY MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED BY
THE KEEPER OF THE PRIVY PURSE, BUCKINGHAM PALACE (PAC 2000-2001/37)
1. Which office holders of the Royal Collection
Trust pay rent, and at what percentage? What is the range, in
money terms, of these rents? Which of these persons are members
of Royal Household Pension Scheme?
No office holders in the Royal Collection Trust
(RCT) are provided with accommodation. Employees of the Household's
Royal Collection Department, which is funded by the RCT, and Royal
Collection Enterprises Limited provided with residential accommodation
are as follows.
| Rent paid
| Rent as percentage of salary
|
| Custodian of the Windsor Store | Y
| 16.7% |
| Registrar, Royal Archives | Y
| 16.7% |
| Deputy Registrar, Royal Archives | N
| |
| Assistant Registrar, Royal Archives | Y
| 16.7% |
| Curator, Photographic Collection | Y
| 16.7% |
| Librarian | Y
| 16.7% |
| Armourer | N
| |
| Deputy Visitor Manager | Y
| 12.1% |
| Surveyor, The Queen's Pictures | N
| |
| Inventory Clerk | Y
| 16.7% |
| Administrator | N
| |
| Director of the Royal Collection | N
| |
| Deputy Curator of the Print Room | N
| |
| Furniture Conservator | Y
| 16.7% |
| Exhibitions and Maintenance Conservator |
N | |
The rents range from £3,128 to £18,694 per annum.
Those who do not pay rent entered into their contracts of employment
before the Household assumed responsibility for Property Services.
Rent is now set to equate to 16.7 per cent of before tax (ie gross)
salary paid out of after tax earnings. Because the abatements
are from gross salary, the actual deduction is higher than 16.7
per cent to take account of the tax effect.
Of the 15 listed above, 11 are members of the Royal Household
Pension Scheme. However, while no pension contributions are made
for Civil List employees (until 1 April 2001), in line with normal
past practice for Civil Service pension schemes, the Royal Collection
Trust pays an employer's pension contribution of 16.2 per cent
of salary. No Royal Collection employees have joined the Royal
Household Pension Scheme since 1991.
2. What is the range in money terms of rents paid for
Grace and Favour accommodation in the Occupied Royal Palaces?
How many residents pay no rent? Please provide a graph of current
rents, showing the number at each level of rent?
It may be helpful to start by explaining that the phrase
"grace and favour accommodation" is used to describe
accommodation provided by the Sovereign on an ex-gratia basis.
Where the occupant is employed it is referred to as "job
related accommodation" and where the occupant was employed
as "pensioner accommodation".
Rents (or salary abatements) range from nil to £45,784
per annum. Seventy residents pay no rent and 164 pay rent. An
analysis of the 70 who pay no rent or abatement is:
| No
|
| Members of the Royal Family | 7
|
| Private Secretaries and Officials in The Queen's Household
| 13 |
| Private Secretaries and Officials in other Households
| 4 |
| Domestic staff in The Queen's Household |
1 |
| Domestic staff in other Households | 5
|
| Stable staff looking after the Civil List carriages and horses
| 0 |
| The Queen's private staff | 0
|
| Chauffeurs in The Queen's Household | 0
|
| Chauffeurs in other Households | 1
|
| Staff in The Queen's Household responsible for the maintenance of the Occupied Palaces Estate
| 1 |
| Gardeners in The Queen's Household | 0
|
| Gatekeepers and security staff | 2
|
| Firepatrolmen in The Queen's Household |
0 |
| Craftsmen and porters in The Queen's Household
| 2 |
| Royal Collection Enterprises staff | 0
|
| Crown Estate gardeners | 0
|
| Military Knights at Windsor Castle (Pensioners)
| 13 |
| Pensioners | 21
|
| Royal Collection curatorial staff | 0
|
| 70
|
When employees and pensioners pay no rent it is generally
because they entered into their contracts of employment or licences
for occupation before the Royal Household assumed responsibility
for Property Services and completed its review of residential
accommodation.
For employees who pay no rent the provision of residential
accommodation was taken into account in setting their salaries.
Members of the Royal Family pay no rent because they are
provided with accommodation in order to undertake official duties
on behalf of The Queen. The Military Knights receive accommodation
in return for performing ceremonial duties for which they would
otherwise be paid.
Of the 164 employees and pensioners who pay rent or salary
abatements, the salary abatements for 17 employees benefit the
Royal Collection Department or a Royal Household other than The
Queen's, rather than public funds.
A bar chart showing the current rent bands is given below.
3. Please provide a list of non-employees occupying Grace
and Favour accommodation, with details of the accommodation and
indicating whether rent is paid.
The only non-employees who occupy residential accommodation
are pensioners. Details are given in the table below. Seven Members
of the Royal Family have been excluded from the table because
they are provided with accommodation in order to undertake official
duties on behalf of The Queen. The 13 Military Knights have been
excluded because they receive their accommodation in return for
performing duties for which they would otherwise be paid.
A list of the pensioners occupying accomodation is given
below along with details of the accommodation and whether or not
rent is paid.
| Position when employed | Reception Rooms
| Bedrooms | Rent Y/N
|
| Photocopy Operator* | 2
| 3 | Y
|
| Head Chauffeur | 1
| 2 | Y
|
| Deputy Head Chauffeur | 1
| 2 | Y
|
| Head Warden | 1
| 2 | Y
|
| Senior Footman | 1
| 2 | Y
|
| Chief Upholsterer | 1
| 2 | Y
|
| Plumber* | 3
| 3 | Y
|
| Queen's Page | 1
| 3 | N
|
| Harness Cleaner | 1
| 2 | Y
|
| Carriage Cleaner | 1
| 2 | Y
|
| Courier | 1
| 2 | Y
|
| Widow of Royal Mews Groom | 1
| 2 | N
|
| Widow of Royal Mews Groom | 1
| 2 | N
|
| Security Officer, Royal Mews | 2
| 1 | Y
|
| Girl Groom | 1
| 2 | N
|
| Horse Box Driver | 1
| 2 | Y
|
| Nanny+ | 1
| 2 | N
|
| Chief Accountant & Paymaster* | 2
| 3 | Y
|
| Head Gardener | 1
| 2 | Y
|
| Widow of Deputy Palace Steward | 1
| 1 | N
|
| Gamekeeper | 2
| 3 | N
|
| Widow of Gatekeeper | 2
| 2 | N
|
| Principal, Foundation of St Catherine+ |
2 | 3
| N |
| Secretary to the Private Secretary | 1
| 3 | Y
|
| Cousin of The Queen+ | 3
| 3 | N
|
| Administrative Officer | 1
| 3 | Y
|
| Lady Clerk to the Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps
| 1 | 2
| N |
| Personnel Officer | 1
| 3 | Y
|
| Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Office |
2 | 3
| N |
| Palace Attendant | 1
| 1 | Y
|
| Groom | 1 |
1 | N
|
| Head Coachman | 1
| 2 | N
|
| Widow of Caretaker | 1
| 2 | N
|
| Accountant, Privy Purse | 1
| 2 | N
|
| Comptroller of Stores | 3
| 4 | Y
|
| Groom | 1 |
2 | Y
|
| Widow of Royal Collection employee | 3
| 3 | N
|
| Press Secretary to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
| 3 | 5
| N |
| Assistant to the Master of the Household G Branch
| 2 | 3
| Y |
| Stud Groom | 2
| 2 | N
|
| Gardener | 1
| 1 | Y
|
| Gatekeeper | 2
| 2 | N
|
| Gatekeeper | 2
| 3 | N
|
* Due to move to smaller accommodation when available.
+ Not previously an official employee (ie provided with grace
and favour accommodation).
4. In the last full year before the Windsor fire, what
were the annual receipts from charges to visitors to:
(a) Royal Collection Trust (State Apartments);
(c) Privy Purse Charitable Trust (Queen Mary's Dolls
House);
What would these receipts be worth at 1999-2000 values?
Receipts from visitors to Windsor Castle are given below.
In the case of the Royal Collection Trust (in respect of the State
Apartments) and the Privy Purse Charitable Trust (in respect of
Queen Mary's Dolls House), the figures are receipts net of costs
of collection taken from management accounts for the year to 31
October 1992. The figures for St. George's Chapel are receipts
net of costs of collection taken from the audited accounts for
the year to 31 August 1992.
| 1991-92
Actua
£000
| 1991-92
Inflated
£000
| 1999-2000
Actual
£000
|
| Royal Collection Trust | 1,660
| 1,998 | 1,888 |
| St George's Chapel | 573 |
695 | 859 |
| Privy Purse Charitable Trust | 280
| 344 | 281 |
| Grant-in-aid | 0 | 0
| 2,386 |
| Total | 2,513
| 3,037 | 5,414 |
The second column shows figures for 1991-92 inflated using
the retail price index to 1999-2000 pounds. In negotiation the
Dean and Chapter of St. George's Chapel sought compensation to
cover increased staff and maintenance costs following the envisaged
increase in visitor numbers to the Chapel from about 400,000 per
annum to 1.2 million.
5. How much was received from visitors in each year since
the Windsor Castle fire for:
(a) admission to Windsor Castle;
(b) admission to Buckingham Palace.
6. How much was paid in each year since the fire from
visitor income, at Windsor Castle for:
(b) management fee for Royal Collection Enterprises
Ltd;
and what was each year's allocation to:
(b) Privy Purse Charitable Trust?
(c) Royal Collection Trust?
7. Since the Windsor Castle fire, how has each year's
visitor income at Buckingham Palace disbursed?
8. How much was provided for fire restoration work at
Windsor each year by:
2. Windsor Castle (Royal Collection Trust).
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
Total
|
| Year ended 31 March |
£000
|
£000
|
£000
|
£000
|
£000
|
£000
|
£000
|
£000
|
| Windsor Castle |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Admissions income—Pre Precincts charges—9
months |
1,941
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
| Admissions income—Precincts charges |
754
|
5,309
|
5,891
|
6,355
|
6,556
|
8,264
|
7,530
|
|
| Admissions income—QMDH charges |
272
|
200
|
301
|
278
|
300
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
2,967
|
5,509
|
6,192
|
6,633
|
6,856
|
8,264
|
7,530
|
|
| Cost of collection |
1,194
|
1,475
|
1,498
|
1,445
|
1,477
|
1,650
|
1,979
|
|
| Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd management fee
|
57
|
100
|
115
|
121
|
127
|
131
|
137
|
|
|
1,716
|
3,934
|
4,579
|
5,067
|
5,252
|
6,483
|
5,414
|
|
| Allocated: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Privy Purse Charitable Trust |
42
|
68
|
250
|
257
|
263
|
281
|
281
|
1,442
|
| St George's Chapel |
180
|
720
|
741
|
829
|
842
|
897
|
859
|
5,068
|
| Royal Collection Trust |
1,394
|
1,541
|
1,680
|
1,724
|
1,766
|
1,889
|
1,888
|
11,882
|
| Windsor Castle fire restoration |
100
|
1,605
|
1,908
|
2,257
|
2,381
|
3,416
|
105
|
11,772
|
| Property section grant-in-aid |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2,281
|
2,281
|
|
1,716
|
3,934
|
4,579
|
5,067
|
5,252
|
6,483
|
5,414
|
32,445
|
| Buckingham Palace |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Admissions income |
2,027
|
2,662
|
2,948
|
2,811
|
2,351
|
2,505
|
2,350
|
|
| Retail gross profit |
1,398
|
1,857
|
1,579
|
1,372
|
934
|
900
|
956
|
|
|
3,425
|
4,519
|
4,527
|
4,183
|
3,285
|
3,405
|
3,306
|
|
| Cost of collection—admissions |
837
|
1,201
|
1,228
|
1,071
|
1,213
|
1,389
|
1,443
|
|
| Cost of collection—retail |
310
|
409
|
366
|
340
|
268
|
240
|
390
|
|
| Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd management fee
|
100
|
125
|
105
|
110
|
115
|
120
|
125
|
|
|
2,178
|
2,784
|
2,828
|
2,662
|
1,689
|
1,656
|
1,348
|
|
| Allocated: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Windsor Castle fire restoration |
2,178
|
2,784
|
2,828
|
2,662
|
1,689
|
1,563
|
14
|
13,718
|
| Royal Collection Trust |
|
|
|
|
|
93
|
1,334
|
1,427
|
|
2,178
|
2,784
|
2,828
|
2,662
|
1,689
|
1,656
|
1,348
|
15,145
|
| Net trading surpluses for fire restoration—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Windsor Castle |
100
|
1,605
|
1,908
|
2,257
|
2,381
|
3,416
|
105
|
11,772
|
| Buckingham Palace |
2,178
|
2,784
|
2,828
|
2,662
|
1,689
|
1,563
|
14
|
13,718
|
|
2,278
|
4,389
|
4,736
|
4,919
|
4,070
|
4,979
|
119
|
25,490
|
| Interest income |
78
|
203
|
313
|
108
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
702
|
| Costs incurred directly by Grant-in-aid |
(99)
|
0
|
(61)
|
(5)
|
(2)
|
0
|
0
|
--167
|
| Total contribution to the fire restoration |
2,257
|
4,592
|
4,988
|
5,022
|
4,068
|
4,979
|
119
|
26,025
|
| Total received by Grant-in-aid |
751
|
3,000
|
6,529
|
9,486
|
5,905
|
235
|
119
|
26,025
|
The timing of the generation of income to fund the restoration
and of the expenditure to pay for it were not the same, reflected
in the timing differences between "Total contribution to
the fire restoration" and "Total received by the Grant-in-aid"
shown above. Initially income exceeded expenditure, with interest
earned on the reserve carried forward. Towards the end of the
project expenditure was incurred before the income was received,
with the Royal Collection Trust borrowing to bridge the gap.
9. A Parliamentary Question by Mr Alan Williams and Reply
dated 31 October shows an ongoing exceptional work programme at
Windsor updating the figures to those used in the C&AG's Report
(1998-99 prices). Please deduct the figures in the Reply from
those in Figure 8 of the Report to show the trend of non-exceptional
maintenance.
Set out below is a restatement of property maintenance expenditure
excluding exceptional work at 1998-99 prices.
|
£m
|
| 1991-92 |
13.46
|
| 1992-93 |
9.01
|
| 1993-94 |
7.13
|
| 1994-95 |
7.49
|
| 1995-96 |
8.84
|
| 1996-97 |
7.21
|
| 1997-98 |
4.55
|
| 1998-99 |
6.16
|
| 1999-2000 |
6.25
|
As well as the exceptional cost of rewiring Windsor Castle,
exceptional fire protection work, with total expenditure over
the period of £6.6 million on automatic fire detection and
£6.4 million on fire compartmentation, has been excluded.
Details are given in attachment A.
10. Why are 160 Royal Household Staff paid from Grant-in-aid,
especially the 56 working for Departments other than the Property
Section? Do any of them have Grace and Favour accommodation, and
if so, how many pay rent?
The roles of the 163 Royal Household staff paid from the
Grant-in-aid are set out on pages 12 and 13 of the Annual Report
(attachment B). The 56 staff who work for Departments other than
the Property Section are involved in maintenance activities. The
craftsmen maintain and repair furnishings in official areas of
the Palaces as explained on page 32 of the Annual Report. The
porters and non-domestic cleaners move furniture, prepare rooms
for various state and official functions and for building work,
and undertake heavy duty cleaning (as explained on page 30 of
the Annual Report). The staff at St James's Palace State Apartments
undertake similar maintenance, furniture moving and custodial
functions.
Of the 163 staff, 47 are housed and 44 of these pay rent.
The remaining three are long serving employees, one of whom retired
in December 2000.
11. What is the rationale for rent from Grace and Favour
accommodation being paid to the Civil List; how much did the Civil
List receive during the life of the last Civil List?
The Royal Household is provided with funding from a number
of sources in order to support The Queen in undertaking Her Majesty's
duties as Head of State. An analysis of the funding provided from
public sources is set out on pages 40 and 41 of the Report of
the Royal Trustees of 3 July 2000 (attachment C).
Funding is provided to meet specific areas of expenditure.
For example, funding is provided to maintain the Occupied Royal
Palaces, which are important parts of the national heritage and
buildings in which The Queen undertakes official duties as Head
of State, to provide travel services for official purposes, and
to pay for the central staff who support The Queen as Head of
State.
In order to minimise administration and related costs, cross-charges
are not made between the funding sources. For example, when The
Queen travels to an official engagement a cross-charge is not
made from the Royal Travel Grant-in-aid to the Civil List. Similarly,
charges are not made to the Civil List for office occupation costs
(such as rates, gas, electricity and telephones) by the Property
Services Grant-in-aid.
The same principle applies in respect of accommodation provided
to Civil List employees as part of their remuneration package
and to facilitate the performance of their duties. For the reasons
explained above, the Civil List does not pay the Property Services
Grant-in-aid for this accommodation but receives the benefit of
lower salaries itself. If it did pay for the accommodation, there
would be no net effect for the taxpayer since the reduction in
the Property Services Grant-in-aid would be offset by an increase
in the Civil List. In fact, as a result of more administration,
the cost to the taxpayer would be greater.
This is a system that has worked well. As shown in attachment
C, costs of the Monarchy have reduced by 43 per cent (in money
terms) in the 10 years to 2000-01 (55 per cent in real terms).
However, although there is no cross-charging, detailed accounts
are published for each of the major funding sources; that is the
Annual Reports for the Grants-in-aid and the Report of the Royal
Trustees for the Civil List.
The benefit to the Civil List from salary abatements and charges
was set out on pages 16 and 17 of the July 2000 Report of the
Royal Trustees, as shown below. The figures include abatements
paid by live-in staff (ie by those who do not have self-contained
residential accommodation). As noted in the Royal Trustees' Report,
abatements for live-in staff are to recover costs incurred by
the Civil List (eg in respect of food and cleaning) as well as
by the Property Services Grant-in-aid.
| Year |
Housing abatements
and charges
£
|
| 1991 |
24,422
|
| 1992 |
32,455
|
| 1993 |
32,124
|
| 1994 |
186,604
|
| 1995 |
304,745
|
| 1996 |
389,612
|
| 1997 |
469,074
|
| 1998 |
522,744
|
| 1999 |
586,939
|
| 2000 |
622,914
|
12. With reference to Para 1.4 of the C&AG's Report,
how much was spent on:
In paragraph 1.4 of the C&AG's report there is reference
to "furnishings and equipment" and to "furnishings,
decorations and works at the discretion of the Sovereign".
The former amounted to £518,000 in both 1998-99 and 1999-2000.
Almost 80 per cent of the expenditure related to restoration and
repair work by craftsmen on furniture in official areas of the
Palaces. The remaining 20 per cent related to the purchase of
office furniture and equipment for staff paid from the Grant-in-aid
and of carpets and furnishings for the Chapels and Central Chancery
Offices at St James's Palace, and to the restoration of historic
carpets.
With respect to the allowance for furnishings etc at the discretion
of the Sovereign, ie the Separate Allocation, this has remained
at £75,000 for several years. In 1998-99 and 1999-2000 it
was spent on the following.
|
1998-99
£000
|
1999-2000
£000
|
| White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle |
51
|
19
|
| Office furniture and equipment for staff not
paid from the Grant-in-aid |
22
|
20
|
| Cupid tapestry at St James's Palace |
0
|
29
|
| Other costs |
3
|
7
|
|
75
|
75
|
No amount under either category was spent on furnishings
or decorations for self-contained residential accommodation.
13. Please provide a break-down of the use of the £630,000
shown at Note 1 of Para 1.5 of the C&AG's Report; on whose
accommodation it was spent and the comparable expenditure in each
of the last Civil List years? Give the gross amounts.
Salary abatements and charges for employees and rental payments
from other occupants of self-contained residential accommodation
are analysed below.
|
1998-99
£'000
|
1999-2000
£'000
|
| Salary abatements and charges for
employees |
521
|
519
|
| Rent from pensioners and non-official
employees |
60
|
63
|
| Commercial rents |
132
|
209
|
| less costs related to commercial
rents |
(83)
|
(578)
|
|
630
|
213
|
It is the intention that, taking one year with another, income
received by the Property Services Grant-in-aid and the Civil List
in respect of self-contained residential accommodation should
more than cover related costs. This was not the case in 1999-2000
as a result of substantial expenditure to prepare properties for
commercial letting. Expenditure on self-contained residential
accommodation of £620,000 in 1998-99 and of £722,000
in 1999-2000 is analysed below.
| Project |
Occupant |
1998-99
£'000
|
1999-2000
£'000
|
| Buckingham Palace Mews |
|
|
|
| Partial redecoration flats 5, 9 and
14 |
Groom, Luggage Porter and Footman |
13
|
0
|
| Reoccupation service flats 1 and
2 |
Grooms |
22
|
0
|
| Reoccupation service flat 26 |
Senior Groom |
18
|
0
|
| Reoccupation service 16-17 Lower
Grosvenor Place |
Single person accommodation—F
branch |
18
|
0
|
| Reoccupation service flat 21 |
Single persons accommodation—F
branch |
0
|
29
|
| Partial redecoration flat 47 |
Single persons accommodation—F
branch |
0
|
10
|
| Kensington Palace |
|
|
|
| Reoccupation service Wren House |
HRH Duke of Kent |
4
|
0
|
| Partial redecoration apt 1A |
HRH Princess Margaret |
4
|
0
|
| Partial redecoration apt 1 |
HRH Duke of Gloucester |
0
|
5
|
| Reoccupation service No 2 Old Barracks |
Commercially let |
24
|
23
|
| Reoccupation service Kent Cottage |
HRH Duke of Kent |
27
|
0
|
| Reoccupation service No 4 Upper Lodge |
Sergeant Footman |
9
|
0
|
| Reoccupation service No 3 Upper Stables |
Senior Building Surveyor |
2
|
0
|
| Reoccupation services 7 Upper Lodge |
Porter |
0
|
6
|
| Reoccupation service 6 Old Barracks |
Commercially let |
0
|
4
|
| Reoccupation services feasibility
study for apts 7 and 9 |
see below |
4
|
0
|
| Reoccupation service apts 7 and 11 |
Deputy Master and Equerry to HRH
Duke of Edinburgh |
0
|
167
|
| Reoccupation service apt 9 |
Assistant Private Secretary |
0
|
35
|
| Reoccupation service Notingham Cottage |
Private Secretary to HRH Duke of
Edinburgh |
0
|
133
|
| Power operator for Old Barracks Block
yard gates |
Commercially let |
0
|
6
|
| St James's Palace |
|
|
|
| Reoccupation service apt 6 |
HRH Princess Royal |
32
|
21
|
| Reoccupation service apt 15 |
Private Secretary to HRH Prince of
Wales |
0
|
3
|
| Reoccupation service apt 32 |
HRH Prince of Wales |
32
|
0
|
| Reoccupation service apt 30B |
Lord Chamberlain |
32
|
2
|
| Reoccupation service apt 31A |
Commercially let |
51
|
24
|
| Reoccupation service apts 24 and
27B |
Senior Pastry Cook and Equerry |
26
|
0
|
| Reoccupation service No 2 Marlborough
Road |
Doorkeeper to State Apartments |
31
|
15
|
| Reoccupation service No 1 Marlborough
Road |
Deputy Page of the Chambers |
0
|
32
|
| Marlborough House Mews |
|
|
|
| Reoccupation service No 2 |
Single persons accommodation—F
branch |
9
|
2
|
| Reoccupation service No 9 |
Palace Attendant |
28
|
0
|
| Reoccupation service No 10 |
Cook |
3
|
0
|
| Reoccupation service No 3 |
Dresser |
0
|
8
|
| Reoccupation service No 4 |
Maintenance Officer |
0
|
8
|
| Hampton Court Mews |
|
|
|
| Reoccupation service flat 9 |
Commercially let |
1
|
¸5
|
| Reoccupation service flat 3 |
Pensioner |
0
|
¸3
|
| Windsor Castle |
|
|
|
| Reoccupation service Winchester Tower |
Property Manager |
5
|
0
|
| Reoccupation service No 10 Lower
Ward |
Military Knight |
17
|
0
|
| Reoccupation service Garter House |
Superintendent of Windsor Castle
|
97
|
11
|
| Reoccupation service No 5 Lower Ward |
Fire Precautions Officer |
3
|
52
|
| Reoccupation service Norman Tower |
Constable and Governor of Windsor
Castle |
0
|
5
|
| Windsor Royal Mews |
|
|
|
| Reoccupation service flat 4 Burford
House |
Pensioner |
7
|
0
|
| Reoccupation service flat 5 Burford
House |
Assistant Groundsman |
2
|
0
|
| Reoccupation service flat 8 Burford
House |
Pensioner |
9
|
0
|
| Reoccupation service No 2 St Albans
Street |
Commercially let |
7
|
¸7
|
| Riding School flat and flat A Burford
House |
Girl Grooms |
9
|
0
|
| Reoccupation service 7 and 10 Burford
House |
Pensioner and Senior Dining Room
Assistant |
0
|
26
|
| Windsor Home Park |
|
|
|
| Reoccupation service Windsor Hall
flat 2 |
Deputy Yeoman, Plate Pantry |
1
|
0
|
| Reocc and external repairs No 2 New
Albert Lodge |
Cabinet Maker |
33
|
0
|
| Reoccupation service No 4 Windsor
Hall |
Building Services Technician |
6
|
0
|
| Minor repairs flat 6 Windsor Hall |
Vacant |
0
|
4
|
| Reoccupation service flat 1 Victoria
House |
Furniture Restoration Supervisor |
19
|
60
|
| Reoccupation service No 1 Frogmore
House Cottage |
Chauffeur to HRH Princess Alexandra |
0
|
25
|
| Reoccupation service 6 Frogmore Stables |
Cook |
1
|
0
|
| Reoccupation service flat 3 Windsor
Hall |
Porter |
6
|
12
|
| Reoccupation service flat 5 Windsor
Hall |
Electrician |
8
|
6
|
| Reoccupation service Town Gate Lodge |
Gate Keeper |
0
|
3
|
|
|
620
|
722
|
Where recoveries are shown they relate to either VAT or the
transfer of costs to a more appropriate cost centre eg to transfer
costs related to commercial lettings from housing to commercial
rents.
The space at St. James's Palace, referred to under project
five, is still used as a picture conservation studio but on a
less intensive basis and with fewer staff occupying it for fire,
health and safety reasons. It has been replaced as the main picture
restoration facility by the new studio in the Windsor Home Park.
The reason for the fall in the income from salary abatements
etc. from £630,000 to £213,000 is due to significant
expenditure in 1999-2000 on preparing properties for commercial
letting, as shown in the table given in 13 above. Commercial lettings
expenditure was almost £0.5 million higher in 1999-2000,
reflecting the refurbishment for letting of several properties
and also the decision to charge all related building costs to
this heading unless the work was already underway in 1998-99 (previously
only the cost of enhancements was charged against commercial rents,
with repairs and refurbishment expenditure which would have been
incurred even if the property had not been let commercially charged
to Property Maintenance).
Accommodation available for commercial letting is all situated
outside the security cordons unless let to the Ministry of Defence
or other related organisations. All use is residential, except
where noted below. Letting has generally been by professional
agents. All the rent is received by the Property Services Grant-in-aid.
Details of commercial lettings are set out below.
14. Fig 13 of the C&AG's Report: What space was made
available at St James's Palace?
- Why has net income from salary abatements, etc down from
£630,000 in 1998-99 to £213,000 in 1999-2000?
16. What accommodation has become available for commercial
lettting? What was its previous use? What type of commercial activity
will be permitted? How will the letting be handled and by whom?
What rental income is it hoped to achieve? Please indicate whether
the recipient will be the Civil List or the Department.
| Property |
Initial letting Date
|
Annual Rent
|
Previous Occupier (position) |
| St. James's Palace |
|
|
|
| 31a St. James's Palace+ |
|
|
|
|
15/03/1999
|
12,173
|
Private Secretary to The Queen Mother |
| Ascot Office* |
Not known
|
21,800
|
Not known |
|
|
33,973
|
|
| Kensington Palace |
|
|
|
| 1 The Old Barracks, |
01/01/2000
|
37,704
|
Chief Clerk & Accountant to The Duke of Edinburgh
|
| 2 The Old Barracks, |
02/08/1999
|
37,704
|
Butler to the Princess of Wales |
| 3 The Old Barracks, |
Not yet let
|
n/a
|
Assistant Press Secretary |
| 4 The Old Barracks, |
15/03/1996
|
67,959
|
Deputy Press Secretary to The Queen |
| 5 The Old Barracks, |
22/10/2000
|
39,000
|
Private Secretary to The Duke of Edinburgh |
| 6 The Old Barracks, |
21/12/1999
|
98,800
|
Private Secretary to The Queen |
| Apartment 11 |
|
|
|
|
05/05/2000
|
7,575
|
Offices for the Princess of Wales |
|
|
288,742
|
|
| Hampton Court Mews |
|
|
|
| Laurel Cottage, Hampton Court Road
01/12/1995 |
15,600
|
Stud Hand |
| Rose Cottage, The King's Field, Hampton Court
Road |
06/03/1998
|
15,600
|
Widow of former stud employee |
| 9 Hampton Court Mews |
01/07/1997
|
12,000
|
Upholsterer |
| 3 Hampton Court Mews |
17/10/1999
|
8,000
|
Insignia Clerk, Central Chancery |
| 4 Hampton Court Mews |
Not yet let
|
n/a
|
Chef—F Branch |
|
|
51,200
|
|
| Windsor Castle |
|
|
|
| Windsor Horse Show Office* |
Not known
|
3,750
|
Not known |
| 2 St. Albans Street, Windsor |
07/10/1999
|
11,700
|
Chauffeurs mess room |
| 3 St. Albans Street, Windsor |
05/07/1997
|
11,700
|
Horsebox Driver |
| 3 St. Albans Close, Windsor |
11/07/1997
|
17,400
|
Gilder |
| 2 St. Albans Close, Windsor |
Not yet let
|
n/a
|
Supervisor, Windsor Castle |
|
|
44,550
|
|
| Total |
|
418,465
|
|
*Office, rather than residential, use.
+Let to the Ministry of Defence.
The total of £418,465 is considerably more than the
£209,000 given in the table in 13 above, because a number
of the properties were let part way through or since 1999-2000.
Dr Devra Kay,
Committee Assistant
Attachment B
ESTABLISHMENT
Staff paid from the Grant-in-aid operate in nine sub-sections
as set out below.
| As at 31 March | 1999
| 2000 |
| Administration and Accounting |
| |
| Director of Finance | 0.3 |
0.3 |
| Financial Controller | 0.4 |
0.4 |
| Utilities Manager | 1.0 |
1.0 |
| Internal auditors | 1.3 |
1.3 |
| Accounts clerks | 4.5 | 5.0
|
| Telephone operators | 9.0 |
9.0 |
| 16.5 | 17.0
|
| Property Maintenance Central Unit |
| |
| Director | 1.0 | 1.0
|
| Director of Finance | 0.2 |
0.2 |
| Financial Controller | 0.4 |
0.5 |
| Property Accountant | 1.0 |
1.0 |
| Senior Quantity Surveyor | 1.0
| 1.0 |
| Senior Building Surveyor | 0.0
| 1.0 |
| 3.6 | 4.7
|
| Buckingham Palace Maintenance Office
| | |
| Manager | 1.0 | 1.0
|
| Building surveyors | 7.0 |
8.0 |
| Planned Maintenance Technician | 1.0
| 1.0 |
| Maintenance staff | 11.0 |
11.0 |
| Gardeners | 12.0 | 12.0
|
| 32.0 | 33.0
|
| St. James's and Kensington Palaces Maintenance Office
| | |
| Manager | 1.0 | 1.0
|
| Building surveyors | 3.5 |
4.0 |
| Maintenance staff | 3.0 |
4.0 |
| Clerical staff | 1.0 | 1.0
|
| 8.5 | 10.0
|
| Windsor Castle and Hampton Court Mews and Paddocks Maintenance Office
| | |
| Manager | 1.0 | 1.0
|
| Building surveyors | 5.0 |
5.0 |
| Maintenance staff | 9.0 |
9.0 |
| Gardeners | 3.0 | 3.0
|
| Clerical staff | 0.5 | 0.5
|
| 18.5 | 18.5
|
| Fire, Health and Safety Services |
| |
| Manager | 1.0 | 1.0
|
| Central staff | 3.5 | 3.0
|
| Buckingham Palace fire surveillance officers
| 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Windsor Castle fire surveillance officers |
10.0 | 10.0 |
| 24.5 | 24.0
|
| Craftsmen | |
|
| Supervisor | 1.0 | 1.0
|
| Buckingham Palace | 3.0 |
3.0 |
| Windsor Castle | 14.2 | 14.2
|
| 18.2 | 18.2
|
| Porters and Non-domestic Cleaners |
| |
| Supervisors | 2.0 | 2.0
|
| Buckingham Palace | 18.0 |
18.0 |
| Windsor Castle | 12.5 | 12.2
|
| 32.5 | 32.2
|
| St. James's Palace State Apartments |
| |
| Superintendent | 1.0 | 1.0
|
| Doorman and cleaners | 3.5 |
3.5 |
| Assistant | 1.0 | 1.0
|
| 5.5 | 5.5
|
| 159.8 | 163.1
|
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