Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 3769 on Crown Estate: Wales, what assessment she has made of the ability of the commissioners with special responsibilities for Wales as provided for within the Crown Estate Bill to perform their functions without disaggregated net revenue profit data for Wales.

The Crown Estate Bill, as amended in the House of Lords, requires the appointment of a Commissioner responsible for giving advice about Wales (alongside separate equivalent appointments for England and Northern Ireland). The Bill confirms that ‘giving advice about’ means the relevant Commissioner would give advice to the Commissioners about conditions in Wales, in so far as it relates to their functions in relation to Wales. It is the Treasury’s view that the ability to give that advice does not depend on having disaggregated net revenue profit data. The Crown Estate operates across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, but its operations are not divided into business units by nation. It is not possible to disaggregate by nation without applying a high degree of subjective judgment in relation to costs. As was noted in the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 3769, The Crown Estate does already publish a Wales Review to supplement the annual report, which highlights The Crown Estate’s work in Wales.