Summary
In line with the Budget announced on 22 June 2010, the Chancellor revealed that payment to the Queen’s Civil List will remain at £7.9 million for the next calendar year.
In 'The Civil List Act 1972: Report of the Royal Trustees' (HC 140), the Royal Trustees recommend that expenditure in 2011 should be basically the same as in 2010, except that the one-off pension scheme deficit contribution in 2010 will not continue.
Spending overall will be reduced from £15.1 million to £14.9 million in 2011, with simplified funding provided by the Civil List and drawing from the Civil List Reserve.
The report discusses that £0.2 million of costs formerly covered by the Home Office and Ministry of Defence will now be taken over by the Royal Household.
Beyond 2011, the Royal Trustees, consisting of the Prime Minister, the Chancellor and the Keeper of the Privy Purse intend that future arrangements for support of The Queen will be reconsidered after the Government has had sufficient time to formulate a long-term durable scheme.
The Civil List is fiscal government support for The Queen supplied in order to complete her public duties. Civil List expenditure is reviewed every 10 years and was last reported on, on 3 July 2000.
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