Head of State expenditure is the official expenditure relating to The Queen's duties as Head of State and Head of the Commonwealth.
Head of State expenditure has reduced significantly over the past decade, from £87.3 million in 1991-92 (expressed in current pounds) to £38.2 million in 2009-10. In the year 2009-10 The Queen cost the taxpayer just 62 pence per person.
Head of State expenditure is met from public funds in exchange for the surrender by The Queen of the revenue from the Crown Estate. In 2008-09 the Treasury’s gross receipts in respect of the Crown Estate were £230 million.
Head of State expenditure excludes the costs of Police and Army security and of Armed Services ceremonial, as figures are not available.
Every year the Royal Household publishes an Annual Summary of Head of State expenditure, together a full report on Royal public finances.
The two-page Annual Summary and full Royal Public Finances report can be downloaded as Acrobat pdf files at the bottom of this page.
A summary of Head of State expenditure met from public funds in the year to 31 March 2010 reads as follows:
| 2010 | 2009 | |
| £m | £m | |
| The Queen's Civil List (figures are for calendar years 2009 and 2008) | 14.2 | 13.9 |
| Parliamentary Annuities | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Grants-in-aid | 19.7 | 22.6 |
| Expenditure met directly by Government Departments and the Crown Estate | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 38.2 | 41.5 |
FINANCIAL REPORTS 2009-2010
Read the press release
The combined report can be downloaded in five parts in pdf format:
Part I: Introduction and overview (pdf, 537kB)
Part II: Civil List report 2009 (pdf, 223kB)
Part III: Grant-in-aid (maintenance) report 2009-2010 (pdf, 361kB)
Part IV: Grant-in-aid (travel) report 2009-10 (pdf, 330kB)
Part V: Appendices (pdf, 360kB)
