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  Draft Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 - Increase in Payments to the Monarch
  
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  @ MP voted aye to increase the amount paid by the Treasury to the monarch.
  @ MP vote no against increasing the amount paid by the Treasury to the monarch.
  
  The majority of MPs voted to increase the amount paid by the Treasury to the monarch.
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That the [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111153468/contents draft Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017], which was laid before this House on 26 January, be approved.
  
  The amount the Government pays to the monarch is set out in [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/15/section/6 Section 6 of the Sovereign Grant Act 2011] the regulations approved in this vote change the starting point used in the calculation from 15 to 25% of the income account net surplus of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Estate the Crown Estate]. 
  
  Following the vote the Sovereign Grant for 2017-19 was set at Â£76,100,000[1] (based on a Crown Estate surplus of Â£304,100,000) ; for 2016-17 the Grant was Â£42,800,000[2] (based on a Crown Estate surplus of Â£285,100,000). 
  
  * [1] [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/602511/sovereign_grant_RTR_2017-18_web.pdf Sovereign Grant Act 2011: Report of the Royal Trustees on the Sovereign Grant for 2017-18, March 2017]
  * [2] [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/479563/sovereign_grant_report_final_web.pdf Sovereign Grant Act 2011: Report of the Royal Trustees on the Sovereign Grant for 2016-17, March 2016]
  
  
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