<p>The Treasury does not hold records of the number of people who die intestate each year. However, in England and Wales (excluding the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall), the Treasury Solicitor administers the estates of deceased who die intestate and without known entitled relatives (known as bona vacantia) on behalf of the Crown. The number of estates that were administered and the amount collected in each of the last five years is:</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">Numberofestates<br /></td><td valign="top">Amountcollected (£million)<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">2008-09<br /></td><td valign="top">1338<br /></td><td valign="top">19.2<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2009-10<br /></td><td valign="top">527<br /></td><td valign="top">24.4<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2010-11<br /></td><td valign="top">887<br /></td><td valign="top">16.9<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2011-12<br /></td><td valign="top">840<br /></td><td valign="top">33.5<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2012-13<br /></td><td valign="top">722<br /></td><td valign="top">18.2<br /></td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td valign="top">1Information held for December 2008 to March 2009only.<br /></td></tr></tfoot></table></p><p>This information is available in the Bona Vacantia Division of the Treasury Solicitor's Department's annual accounts and is available on the division's website at:</p><p>www.bonavacantia.gov.uk</p>