million covered the period from the queen s passing last september, all the way through the ten days of national mourning here in the uk, through to the queen s lying in state, and of course, her funeral. and it s worth remembering just the monumental scale of these events. indeed, the largest state event to be held in the uk since the second world war. you ll remember, of course, the hundreds of thousands of people who queued to pay their respects to the queen at westminster hall. and the government says that these funds were used to ensure these events could be run smoothly and with dignity while ensuring the safety and security of the public. now, that s reflected in this number here £73 million spent by the home office on police and security. it s thought to have been a massive scale security operation with around 5000 police officers deployed around london and around the uk to ensure the security of all of these events. now, the second largest tranche of money was spent by the
the home office to ensure police and security around all of these events, around the uk. the second largest transient money was covered by the department for culture, media and sport, about 57 million spent on billboards and other announcements covering and celebrating and commemorating the legacy of the queen. the next largest transfer money was covered by the scottish government, nearly £19 million, and that cover the cost of the queen s lying of rest at edinburgh after her passing at balmoral and scott levels of the others involve governments also spent smaller sums in wales and northern ireland as the vent prince charles toward the four nations following the passing of his mother. the government says that these to evolve governments have since been refundable that treasury for all of those costs incurred. now more smaller trenches of about £2 million each are covered by the ministry defence, the permit for transport
the world, individual government departments are doing their accounts but we know the cost now, £161 million in total, and the biggest single item of that was from the home office, £73 million for policing and security. the government said the event had to be smooth, it had to be dignified, people had to be safe and secure. the next biggest item, well, that was from the department for culture, media and sport, £57 millionjust for staging everything. the crowd control, the marshals and infrastructure. then there were events around the country, too, notably in scotland where there the queen lying in rest, £18 million spent by the scottish government, mostly on policing. that has been reimbursed from the treasury, as have costs for the welsh government and the northern ireland office. remember, king charles went on a tour of the nation. downing street said today it was important to remember that this was a moment not just for the nation, but it was a
london and around the uk to ensure the security of all of these events. now, the second largest tranche of money was spent by the department for culture, media and sport, about £57 million spent on billboards commemorating the legacy of queen elizabeth and other announcements of that nature. the third largest tranche of money was covered by the scottish government, about £19 million, covering the cost of events like the queen s lying at rest in edinburgh after her passing at balmoral. now, smaller sums were spent by the devolved governments in northern ireland and in wales, as the king made his four nation tour following the passing of his mother. now, the treasury says that the devolved governments have since been refunded for those costs incurred and smaller departments were covering smaller sums of this money, about £2 million each by the ministry of defence, the department for transport and the foreign commonwealth
through to the queen s lying in state and of course her funeral. and it s worth remembering just the monumental scale of these events. indeed, the largest state event to be held in the uk since the second world war. you ll remember, of course, the hundreds of thousands of people who queued to pay their respects to the queen at westminster hall. and the government says that these funds were used to ensure these events could be run smoothly and with dignity while ensuring the safety and security of the public. now, that s reflected in this number here, £73 million spent by the home office on police and security. it s thought to have been a massive scale security operation with around 5000 police officers deployed around london and around the uk to ensure the security of all of these events. now, the second largest tranche of money was spent by the department for culture, media and sport, about £57 million spent on billboards commemorating the legacy of queen elizabeth and other announc