Question follow-through · 14798
Sovereign Grant
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ending the Sovereign Grant and redirecting those funds to help tackle increases in the cost-of-living for low income households.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 26 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ending the Sovereign Grant and redirecting those funds to help tackle increases in the cost-of-living for low income households.
20 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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26 Nov 2024
Answer published
Under the Sovereign Grant Act 2011, the Sovereign Grant is determined in accordance with a formula. That formula operates with a reference to a percentage of The Crown Estate’s profits two financial years previously. The percentage is currently set at 12 ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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