House of Lords written question – answered at on 28 January 2013.
To ask the Chairman of Committees what are the end of year House of Lords catering and retail services outturn figures on (1) turnover, (2) profit, and (3) cost of subsidy, for (a) the Peers' Dining Room, (b) the Home Room, (c) the River Restaurant, (d) the Bishops' Bar, (e) the Lords' Bar, (f) the Gift Shop, (g) banqueting and functions, and (h) Millbank House, in 2011-12.
The figures requested are set out below, plus (for the sake of completeness) those for the two remaining outlets. A positive contribution equates to "profit", a negative contribution equates to "cost of subsidy".
Outlet | Turnover | Contribution |
Peers' Dining Room | £599,785 | -£757,696 |
Home Room | £64,174 | -£185,694 |
River Restaurant | £275,987 | -£501,564 |
Bishops' Bar | £64,650 | -£43,971 |
Lords' Bar | £137,601 | -£326 |
Gift shop | £561,770 | +£177,704 |
Banqueting and functions | £2,426,105 | +£855,414 |
Millbank House Cafeteria (opened October 2011) | £52,373 | -£73,857 |
Barry Room | £282,892 | -£246,307 |
Peers' Guest Room | £74,411 | -£2,843 |
These figures have been calculated using a number of assumptions. Costs which are directly attributable to particular outlets have been allocated to those outlets. Some central costs have been split between each of the outlets, banqueting and retail services. Others are assigned to administration and kitchen central cost centres, whose combined contribution was -£549,179. Different assumptions could, of course, produce a different set of figures, but these have been used consistently for management information since April 2008.
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