Government Funding
Government Funding
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall do not receive money from the Civil List, but the Grants-In-Aid paid to The Queen’s Household are used, in part, to support their official activities.
Grants-In-Aid
Funding to pay for official costs incurred by or in support of The Queen as Head of State is provided by Parliament in return for the surrender of the revenue from the Crown Estate. This funding is provided in three ways:
• The Civil List for The Queen and a Parliamentary Annuity for The Duke of Edinburgh
• Grants-in-Aid
• Costs met directly by Government Departments.
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall do not receive a Civil List or Parliamentary Annuity, but the Grants-in-Aid paid to The Queen’s Household are used, in part, to support their official activities.
There are three Grants-in-Aid: the Property Services Grant-in-Aid, which meets the costs of maintaining official residences and offices used by Members of the Royal Family and their staff; the Royal Travel by Air and Rail Grant-in-Aid, which meets the cost of official journeys undertaken by Members of the Royal Family and their staff by air and rail; and the Royal Communications and Information Grant-in-Aid, which is considerably smaller than the other two and meets some official communications costs incurred on behalf of Members of the Royal Family.
Other Government Funding
The Civil List, Parliament Annuity and the Grants-in-Aid are funds transferred to, and spent and controlled by, the Royal Household. In addition, Government departments meet directly expenditure incurred in support of The Queen as Head of State. For The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, Government Departments meet expenditure in respect of the provision of staff on secondment from the Armed Services and some cost of official overseas visits undertaken at the request of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The Government also meets the cost of security for Members of the Royal Family.