House of Commons
Fees and Charges 2015-16
1. Tours
Standard Tour (Audio-guide)
Premium Tour (Guided)
Westminster Hall Tour
Adult
£18.00 Adult
£25.00 Adult
Concession
£15.50 Concession
£20.00 Concession
Child
Groups
Afternoon tea
Free/£7.20 Child
£14.40 Groups
£10.00 Child
£19.00
Afternoon tea in a riverside venue - £27.50 (in addition to the guided tour ticket).
Specialist Portcullis House tours follow the same rates as the audio guide (excluding the child rate)
Westminster Hall tours will commence once stone cleaning works have been completed.
Dates and Prices for Royalty and Splendour to be launched in connection with new ticketing system
£11.00
£7.00
Free
2. Banqueting Events
Venue
Benchmarked
Commercial Tariff
(for information)
Fixed costs of
room hire
(security,
porterage,
cleaning etc) (for
information)
Proposed Full
Tariff (25% lower
than
benchmarked
tariff)
Proposed Tariff
with 25%
Discount
Proposed Tariff
with 73%
Discount
Civil Ceremony
Charges
Members’ Dining Room
£5,000
£2,039
£3,750
£2,813
£1,000
£2,000
Strangers’ Dining Room
£3,000
£2,039
£2,250
£1,688
£600
n/a
Members’ and Strangers’ Dining
Rooms
£5,000
£2,039
£3,750
£2,813
£1,000
n/a
Terrace Pavilion
£3,000
£1,353
£2,250
£1,688
£600
n/a
Churchill Room
£2,500
£1,460
£1,875
£1,406
£500
n/a
Terrace Dining Room A
1,000
£400
£750
£563
£200
n/a
Terrace Dining Room B
600
£400
£450
£338
£120
n/a
Terrace Dining Room C or D
300
£400
£225
£169
£60
n/a
£10,000
£3,802
£7,500
£5,625
£2,000
n/a
£5,000
£5,471
£3,750
£2,813
£1,000
n/a
Moncrieff’s, Bellamy’s
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Atlee Suite
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Macmillan Suite
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
£1,000
£650
£750
£563
£200
£1,000
Exclusive hire of all above
PCH Atrium
Jubilee Room
Prices are for room hire only, excluding VAT
3. Catering
Sample of catering prices – with effect from 24 February 2014:
Price
CAFETERIAS
Breakfast
Toast
£0.25
Bacon
£0.60
Fried Egg
£0.40
Bacon Sandwich
£1.60
Croissant
£0.80
Danish pastry
£0.95
Sandwiches and Snacks
Basic sandwich
£1.60
Hot Lunch
Soup
£0.95
Meat Main
£2.95
Vegetarian Main
£2.90
Vegetable Portion
£0.65
Beverages
Tea Mug
£0.70
Coffee Mug
£0.80
Canned Drink
£0.75
Bottled Water
£0.90
Price
DESPATCH BOX/MONCRIEFF’S
CAFE BAR
Beverages
Latte regular
£1.70
Americano regular
£1.45
Espresso
£1.10
Tea Regular
£0.70
Fruit Juice
£1.10
ADJOURNMENT
Main Course
Shepherd’s pie
£7.50
Side Salad
£2.75
Hot Beverage
In line with Despatch Box
STRANGERS/CHURCHILL DINING
ROOM
Starters
Premium Fish/Meat
£7.50
Standard Fish/Meat
£6.25
Premium Veg
£6.50
Standard Veg
£5.75
Main Course
Price
Standard Veg
£9.25
Standard Pork
£11.50
Premium Fish
£15.00
2 course
£14.95
3 course
£18.95
Side Dishes
£2.75
Desserts
Desserts
£4.90
Cheese
£6.25
Beverages
Tea/Coffee
£1.90
PUGIN ROOM
Cream tea
£9.95
Scone
£2.55
Croissant/Danish
£1.75
Cheese
£6.25
Tea/Coffee
£1.90
Bars
Bitter pt
£2.90
Gordons Gin
£2.75
Barcardi Rum
£2.75
Smirnoff Vodka
£2.75
Price
Coca Cola
£1.40
J2O
£2.20
Banqueting
3 course a la carte (min spend)
£42.00
Bowl food
£25.00
4. Broadcasting and Filming
Broadcasting:
a. Up to 30 minutes of speeches – DVDs or video file of speeches (in both the Chamber and Committees) of Members and Lords, usually of broadcast quality.
Recipient
Current Charge
Proposed Charge from 1 April 2015
Members
£10
£10
Members of the public
£10
£10
Charities and Educational bodies
£60
£61
Web cam quality output
£50
£51
£110
£112
£5
£5
£25
£26
Media organisations and commercial organisations
Members per image
Commercial organisations per image
b. Copy of full Committee broadcast
Current Charge:
£180 + VAT
c. Provision of live visual signal of Committee meetings/hearings to broadcasters.
Current Charge:
£458 per hearing + VAT
(If there are two bidders for a Committee this is split each and so on down to a minimum of £57.25 per bidder.)
Filming fees – Elizabeth Tower:
Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm
£400 an hour
Weekends, Bank Holidays, and outside core hours
£800 an hour
Prices do not include interview if requested.
Prices exclude VAT.
Filming or Recording Fees – Archives, Victoria Tower:
(Charges are set by the House of Lords)
Supervision Fee:
Location fee:
Cancellation/Postponement Fee:
Discretionary Preparation Fee:
£120 for the first hour or part hour, plus £60 per hour or part hour subsequently.
£240 (Original Act Room) and/or £120 (Search Room) and/or £60 (Lecture Room).
£120.
£30 per half hour.
Fees include VAT at a rate of 20%.
COMMERICAL FILMING RATE CARDS
Indicative Location Fees
Notes:
Generally feature filming will only be permitted on the weekends or during Parliamentary Recess.
The half day rate is normally equal to 4 hours; a full day rate is equal to 8 hours.
Listed rates are for 2014/15 and will be reviewed annually
Cast and Crew size
Documentaries/ educational/
TV drama/ TV Entertainment
current affairs
Low to medium scale feature films/ Independent
Large-scale Feature film
film
N/A
N/A
N/A
Half day: (£2,400)
Half day: (£2,600)
Half day: (£2,700)
Half day: (£4,000)
Daily rate: (£4,100)
Full day: (£4,400)
Full day: (£4,600)
Full day: (£8,000)
up to 6 (requiring one escort) Hourly rate: (£500)
Half day: (£1,700)
Daily rate: (£2,900)
7 to 25
Hourly rate: (£700)
Night shoot (£10,000)
26 to 40
N/A
Half day: (£2,900)
Half day: (£3000)
Half day: (£5,000)
Full day: (£4,900)
Full day: (£5,200)
Full day: (£10,000)
Night shoot: (£12,000)
40+
Upon negotiation
Upon negotiation
Upon negotiation
Upon negotiation
Staff Costs
Note: Additional staffing costs will apply commensurate to the size of crew and cast. These may include: Curators, electricians, porters, etc.
Catering
Note: For security reasons, catering must be provided by In-House facilities. Market rates will apply.
Security
Note: The Houses of Parliament is a secure site. The same protocols apply to commercial filming as normal parliamentary busin ess. Security costs are negotiated and commensurate
with the size of cast and crew.
Cancellation fees
In the event that the filming or photography is cancelled with more than two working days written notice a cancellation fee will be charge d of 50% of the location fee. In the event
that the filming or photography is cancelled with two working days written notice or less the Licensee will be charged 100% of the location fee. All cancellation fees are exclusive of
staff costs which will be added to the final fee.
Cancellation by the House of Commons:
The House of Commons may cancel a booking without liability if:
 The House is unexpectedly recalled during a recess.
 The House of Commons Premises or any parts of them are closed for reasons beyond the control of the House authorities.
5. Public Engagement Activities: TedX
Ticket Type
Amount
Day ticket (full price)
£60
Day ticket (student rate)
£35
Evening reception
£25
Live stream event
£15
Event live streamed on day
No charge
Subsequent on line access
No charge
6. Nursery
Standard Fees
Under 2s
Over 2s
Evenings
2 days
£135.00
2 days
£120
Monday
£49.50
3 days
£202.50
3 days
£180
Tuesday
£49.50
4 days
£270.00
4 days
£240
Wednesday
£16.50
5 days
£295.00
5 days
£270
Thursday
7. Private Bills
£4,000 each at first reading and third reading.
£20 for depositing a petition against a Bill.
£5.50