Crown Estate Commissioners: Scotland

Mr. Carmichael

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the Crown Estate received from rents paid by shellfish farmers in (a) Orkney, (b) Shetland, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each of the last five years. (183389)

The information requested is given in the table:

*£000*
	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Orkney	1.1	0.7	3	1	2.5
Shetland	15	20	31	35	50
Scotland	86	79	96	146	131
UK	100	105	114	171	156

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many aquaculture projects paid rent to the Crown Estate in Orkney and Shetland in each of the last five years; and what income was generated from such rents in each year. (183395)

The information available is given in the table:

*OrkneyShetland*
	£000	Number of projects	£000	Number of projects
2003-04	51	25	598	158
2004-05	111	25	885	172
2005-06	132	28	518	187
2006-07	91	28	518	189

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate the Crown Estate made of the value of the seabed surrounding the Orkney and Shetland Isles in each of the last three years. (183396)

An estimate of the value of the seabed surrounding Orkney and Shetland is given in the table:

	£ million
2004-05	3.7
2005-06	3.7
2006-07	3.7

Volume 471: debated on Monday 4 February 2008