§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list by(a) county and (b) location, the revenues received by the honours of the Duchy by year for the last five years.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe ancient possessions of the duchy of Lancaster include the honour and county of Lancaster, the honours of Leicester, Tutbury, Bolingbroke, Pickering, Tickhill, Halton, Knaresborough. However, receipt of duchy revenues is not restricted to possessions within these honours and accounting records by honour are not maintained.
The hon. Member was given a list of all land holdings on 16 June 1992, Official Report, columns 360–61. To produce revenue figures for each individual holding for the past five years could only be done at disproportionate cost, and in some cases the revenue attributable would be insignificant. Duchy gross revenue—other than from investments and deposits—is analysed by county and is set out. All revenues are shown gross.
During 1988, a new accounting system was introduced and the analysis for that year could only be done at disproportionate cost.