§ Mr. Michael Morrisasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much money has been allocated by the Historic Buildings Council in grants to historic buildings in England for each year since 1971–72.
§ Mr. ShoreThe amounts allocated for expenditure on grants for repairs to historic buildings under section 4 of the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953 since 1971–72 were as follows:
Year Value of grants allocated 1971–72 830,034 1972–73 1,050,104 1973–74 1,185,546 1974–75 1,468,607 1975–76 1,634,861 1976–77 2,233,176 1977–78 2,960,356 1978–79 4,662,397
1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 £p £p £p £p £p £p North-West … 17.04 25.28 29.82 32.02 35.53 37.90 Northumbrian … 14.20 27.34 28.35 29.89 33.72 33.94 Severn-Trent … 18.38 26.63 36.30 35.67 35.28 40.51 Yorkshire … 16.21 25.26 31.37 33 02 36.16 39.36 Anglian … 24.98 31.12 43.48 46.12 45.02 48.83 Thames … 17.23 21.80 27.82 29.31 35.24 38.62 Southern … 26.01 35.42 33.32 40.40 42.20 43.80 Wessex … 22.37 31.23 41.20 40.95 51.65 57.22 South-West … 24.40 35.01 44.85 47.33 51.33 54.57 Welsh … 22.85 37.69 44.06 47.70 43.52 49.08