asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the income to public funds for the latest available financial year from the Duchy of Cornwall, Duchy of Lancaster and other Crown Estates.

Payments into the Consolidated Fund from the Crown Estates in 1973–74 amounted to £5,200,000. The amount voluntarily surrendered by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales from the net revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall and paid into the Consolidated Fund in 1973–74 was £132,523. No income accrued to public funds from the Duchy of Lancaster in 1973–74.