HC Deb 01 May 1963 vol 676 cc126-7W
Mr. W. Hamilton

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the estimated total value of estates in the Duchy in 1962–63 of persons dying intestate without next of kin; and to whom do such estates revert.

Mr. Iain Macleod

In the year to 30th September, 1962 (the nearest convenient financial year of the Duchy of Lancaster), the estimated total value of estates of persons in Lancashire dying intestate without next of kin was £30,378 19s. 2d. In the rest of the country generally such estates devolve on the Crown, but in the case of persons dying in Lancashire these estates pass to Her Majesty in right of the Duchy.