§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will tabulate in cash and real terms annual expenditure on ancient monuments over the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe Scottish Office assumed responsibility for the administration of ancient monuments in Scotland on 1 April 1978. Actual expenditure on maintenance and other support in and since 1978–79 was as follows:
£000 1978–79 3,047 1979–80 3,484 1980–81 4,296 1981–82 *5,013 * Provisional. Statistics of this nature are normally expressed in cash terms and it is not readily possible to provide comparisons in real terms. Information on expenditure in 1977–78 and earlier cannot be obtained except at undue cost.