§ Mr. Newensasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many grants have been made by his Department towards the preservations of post windmills, tower windmills and smock windmills; and what is the total annual cost for each year since 1965 for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisGrants for the repairs of windmills for the period 1965 to 31st March 1974 were made as follows:
Post mills Tower mills Smock mills Numbers of grants 5 24 5
Amount of grants Post mills Tower mills Smock mills £ £ £ 1965 … … 1,052 1,625 — 1966 … … 700 661 — 1967 … … — 1,416 — 1968 … … — 293 500 1969–70 … … — 318 1,531 1970–71 … … — 10,263 1,092 1971–72 … … — 10,725 — 1972–73 … … 5,550 9,125 — 1973–74 … … 51 13,740 2,030 In addition, £47,500 has been spent during the period 1965–73 on the maintenance 322W of a post mill and a tower mill in guardianship.