HC Deb 29 October 1990 vol 178 cc346-7W
Mr. Fisher

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what information he has on the(a) number of church grants approved to date in 1990–91, (b) their value and (c) the sums remaining to be distributed in the current year;

(2) what was the total sum available for church grants in 1990–91;

(3) how many applications he has received for funds under the church grant scheme.

Mr. Trippier

Responsibility for the allocation of historic building repair grant resources to ecclesiastical buildings, and for holding data on the number of applications for such grants are matters for English Heritage. I have asked its chairman, Lord Montagu, to write to the hon. Member.