§ Mr. Geraint Howellsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the objections he has received to each of the 22 applications to demolish listed buildings submitted to him by the London borough councils and the GLC since September 1974.
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§ Mr. CroslandNo. The information required for such a list would be disproportionately costly to provide.
§ Mr. Cormackasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much money from public funds was allocated to the preservation of historic buildings each year from 1945 to 1974, inclusive.
§ Mr. CroslandThe following amounts have been allocated for grants and loans for the repair of historic buildings under the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953 and for the preservation and enhancement of conservation areas under the Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 1972. The figures for Scotland and Wales have been included at the request of my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales:
ENGLAND £ 1945–53 nil 1953 10,650 1954 245,304 1955 365,756 1956 235,949 1957 332,863 1958 548,597 1959–60 400,000 1960–61 400,000 1961–62 400,000 1962–63 400,000 1963–64 400,000 1964–65 450,000 1965–66 450,000 1966–67 450,000 1967–68 450,000 1968–69 550,000 1969–70 575,000 1970–71 700,000 1971–72 1,000,000 1972–73 1,500,000 1973–74 2,250,000 1974–75 2,500,000
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SCOTLAND £ 1945–53 nil 1953 4,100 1954 47,990 1955 40,325 1956 91,150 1957 76,561 1958 50,345 1959 49,995 1960 61,695 1961 72,050 1962 50,200 1963 59,630 1964 75,045 1965 109,050 1966 133,180 1967–70 260,000 1970–73 450,000 1973–74 325,000 1974–75 325,000
WALES £ 1945–53 nil 1953–67 475,000 1967–70 116,500 1970–73 263,000 1973–74 157,500 1974–75 157,500 It is impossible without disproportionate time and expense to determine the amounts attributable to the preservation of historic buildings within the amounts expended on buildings in Government ownership, care or guardianship. The incomplete returns from local authorities show the following amounts spent on grants and loans for the repair of historic buildings under the Local Authorities (Historic Buildings) Act 1962:
ENGLAND £ 1962–63 13,528 1963–64 31,511 1964–65 80,995 1965–66 96,324 1966–67 91,036 1967–68 113,522 1968–69 183,937 1969–70 127,697 1970–71 185,996 1971–72 281,642 1972–73 304,379 1973–74 299,422
Wales £ 1969–70 1,605 1970–71 5,950 1971–72 9,123 1972–73 14,536 1973–74 16,522 The Local Authorities (Historic Buildings) Act 1962 was applied to Scotland in 1967. Since then and up to May 1973 local authorities have made grants totalling £60,000.