PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Sovereign Grant (4 December 2017)

The UK government transferred management of Scottish Crown Estate assets to the Scottish Government in April 2017 – there will be no changes made to the Sovereign Grant as a result of this. The revenues from the Scottish assets are retained by the Scottish Government. The UK government has made a corresponding deduction to the Scottish Government’s block grant funding, equivalent to the revenues forgone from Scottish assets following the transfer. The Sovereign Grant is calculated with reference to The Crown Estate’s profits but it is paid from the Consolidated Fund, which all UK taxpayers contribute to.