Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the ,Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the contribution to the public purse from sales of (a) digital versatile discs and (b) photographs of the presentation of official honours at Buckingham Palace in the financial years (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17, (iii) 2017-18 and (iv) 2018-19 to date.

The Royal Household receives income from granting access to organisations who create and sell the items mentioned in the question. This is in line with the Royal Household’s framework agreement with HM Treasury, under which it seeks to optimise income from non-Treasury sources where this is consistent with the main functions of the Sovereign Grant. Information on the income is commercially sensitive. However, income supplementing the Sovereign Grant is summarised in the Annual Report and Accounts of the Sovereign Grant.