How the Queen Apparantly "spends" taxpayers money
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Taxpayer funding for the Queen has been frozen at £7.9m for the coming year, but how exactly is the Civil List spent and what costs more - staff salaries, ceremonial uniforms or garden parties?
The current level of funding has been in place since 2000, but the Civil List itself dates all the way back to 1760 when income from the Crown Estate was paid to Parliament in exchange for the payment of a fixed yearly sum.
Between 1990-2000 an unspent surplus of £35m led to an agreement that the Civil List would be frozen at £7.9m until December 2010.
If the Queen's expenditure exceeded this sum she would be able to withdraw funds from the £35m reserve. So far £34.1m of the reserve has been used. What happens in the future remains to be seen.
Maybe the Queen could use the money to get herself a some new dentures? I dont mind my tax pounds going on that.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10391693.stm
The current level of funding has been in place since 2000, but the Civil List itself dates all the way back to 1760 when income from the Crown Estate was paid to Parliament in exchange for the payment of a fixed yearly sum.
Between 1990-2000 an unspent surplus of £35m led to an agreement that the Civil List would be frozen at £7.9m until December 2010.
If the Queen's expenditure exceeded this sum she would be able to withdraw funds from the £35m reserve. So far £34.1m of the reserve has been used. What happens in the future remains to be seen.
Maybe the Queen could use the money to get herself a some new dentures? I dont mind my tax pounds going on that.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10391693.stm
