Hillsborough Castle
(asked on 23rd October 2019) - View Source
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of running Hillsborough Castle in each of the last 10 years.
The Northern Ireland Office expenditure on the (a) running, and (b) repairs and (c) maintenance of Hillsborough Castle is shown below:
Expenditure | 10-11 | 11-12 | 12-13 | 13-14 | 14-15 | 15-16 | 16-17 | 17-18 | 18-19 |
| £’000 | £’000 | £’000 | £’000 | £’000 | £’000 | £’000 | £’000 | £’000 |
Running | 1,515 | 1,329 | 1,311 | 846 | 1,948 | 330 | 309 | 243 | 229 |
Repairs and Maintenance | 185 | 350 | 317 | 340 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 86 | 62 |
Total | 1,700 | 1,679 | 1,628 | 1,186 | 1,962 | 339 | 311 | 329 | 291 |
- Information relating to years before 2010 is not available as the Northern Ireland Office was configured differently prior to the devolution of policing and justice functions.
The allocation of monies from the Historic Royal Palaces fund is a matter for its Board of Trustees.