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 is met from public funds in exchange for the surrender by The Queen of the revenue from the Crown Estate. In the financial year to 31 March 2008 the revenue surplus from the Crown Estate paid to the Treasury amounted to £200 million.

Head of State expenditure for 2007-08 was £40.0 million. This was 2.0% more than in the previous year (decrease of 3.1% in real terms).

Head of State expenditure has reduced significantly over the past decade, from £87.3 million (expressed in current pounds) in 1991-92.

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 2008 reads as follows:

	2008	2007
	£m	£m
The Queen's Civil List (figures are for calendar years 2008 and 2007)	12.7	12.2
Parliamentary Annuities	0.4	0.4
Grants-in-aid	22.0	20.6
Expenditure met directly by Government Departments and the Crown Estate	4.9	4.8
	40.0	38.0