Crown Lands and Estates

(asked on 15th January 2020) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money was raised by the Crown Estates in each of the last five years; and how any such money was spent.


Answered by
Earl of Courtown Portrait
Earl of Courtown
Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 28th January 2020

The Crown Estate publishes its Integrated Annual Report and Accounts each year. The latest Report for the year 2018-19 is available on The Crown Estate’s website.[1].

As set out in the 2018-19 Report, the net revenue profit The Crown Estate has generated in each of the past five years, are as follows:

2018-19 = £343.5 million;

2017-18 = £329.4 million;

2016-17 = £328.8 million;

2015-16 = £304.1 million; and

2014-15 = £285.1 million.

The Crown Estate generates valuable revenue for the Exchequer, and over the past ten years, the business has returned a total of £2.8 billion into the Consolidated Fund, contributing to vital public services such as the NHS and policing.

[1] https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/en-gb/our-business/2019-annual-report/

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