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Graham Stuart: The transitional centralised strategic network plan (tCSNP) will connect offshore wind projects from the ScotWind seabed leasing round. Once operational, projects will pay rent to the Crown Estate Scotland which pays its profits to Scottish Government. The amount of revenue from rent will depend upon the amount of electricity generated. Independent analysis commissioned by the Electricity...
Priti Patel: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the future revenue to the Exchequer from the lease of the seabed by the Crown Estate for offshore wind farms.
Robbie Moore: The Environment Agency manages a defence known as Spitalfield Reservoir on the Bourne Ditch within Windsor Great Park, on Crown Estate land. Funding is allocated for the ongoing maintenance of the reservoir. The Environment Agency maintains the embankments and penstocks within the concrete structure to manage impoundment of water and the downstream flow. Under Section 12 of the Reservoir...
Liz Saville-Roberts: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was generated by the Crown Estate in Wales by activity area in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
Rebecca Pow: Defra is working with key Government departments, organisations such as the Marine Management Organisation, Crown Estate and North Sea Transition Authority, and the marine sectors to improve our understanding of the different demands on the English seas. Specifically, in 2023 the programme has engaged across multiple sectors, including fishing, cabling, environment and energy, to identify...
Therese Coffey: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2023, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to provide the Crown Estate with (a) borrowing and (b) wider investment powers during this Session.
Graham Stuart: The Government fully supports the Crown Estate's Leasing Round 5, which will make available seabed areas capable of supporting up to 4.5 gigawatts of floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea. The Crown Estate will set out next steps on the Round later this year. The Department is currently assessing applications for the Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme, worth up to...
Michael Tomlinson: ...or may give rise to a liability, the liquidator may seek to disclaim it. Once disclaimed the freehold property interest, in the absence of any other owner or a vesting order, may pass to the Crown Estate according to the legal principle of escheat. The Crown Estate does not usually seek to take possession of property subject to escheat and does not assume the responsibilities ordinarily...
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had discussions with the Crown Estate on the approach they take to lease agreements with (a) institutional and (b) cultural tenants in heritage buildings in St James’s, London.
Julian Knight: To ask the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, what steps the Crown Estate is taking to release brownfield and derelict sites to (a) local authorities and (b) the private sector for housing.
Clive Lewis: ..., with reference to paragraph 6.11 in the report of the Royal Trustees on the Sovereign Grant Review 2023, if he will take steps to ensure that the increased surplus to the Exchequer from the Crown Estate in (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25 is used to train UK resident workers to meet the demand for supply chain jobs in Renewable Energy Zones.
Stephen Kinnock: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions he has had with the Crown Estate on (a) the Celtic Sea floating offshore wind leasing programme and (b) maximising the long term potential of green energy generation in the Celtic Sea.
Lloyd Russell-Moyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the licensing agreement between the Crown Estate and the developers of the NeuConnect electricity interconnector.
Ian Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vessels worked on the (a) maintenance and (b) construction of offshore wind farms on the crown estate in the latest period for which data is available; and how many and what proportion of these vessels are registered in the UK.
Baroness Penn: The net revenue surplus from The Crown Estate (TCE) is in the public domain and can be obtained from the TCE annual accounts. Information for the last five years is set out below :2022 – 23, £442.6 million2021 – 22, £312.7 million2020 – 21, £269.3 million2019 – 20, £345 million2018-19, £343.5 million The King surrenders this revenue from The Crown Estate to the government. In...
Grahame Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with the Crown Estate on the potential for supporting the creation of jobs in the context of the leasing of seabed rights in (a) UK territorial waters, (b) the UK Exclusive Economic Zone and (c) the UK Continental Shelf; and if he will make a statement.
Lord Wigley: To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to transfer responsibility for the Crown Estate in Wales, including the coastline and seabed, to Senedd Cymru.
Lord Callanan: National Grid Electricity Systems Operator (ESO) is currently developing the Holistic Network Design (HND) Follow Up Exercise. Working closely with the Crown Estate, the ESO will make recommendations for the grid connections of in-scope offshore wind projects in the Celtic Sea. The Terms of Reference for the HND Follow Up Exercise, published on GOV.UK, outline the Network Design Objectives...
Graham Stuart: The Department was not approached for guidance. Seabed leasing in Scottish waters is the responsibility of Crown Estate Scotland.
James Davies: ...thousands of high-quality jobs in Wales, drive economic growth and help us reach our net zero and energy security ambitions. I will continue to work with colleagues across Government and The Crown Estate as they progress plans to bring forward 4 Gigawatts of projects in the Celtic Sea by 2035.