§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will publish the total awards made to date by(a) the Heritage Fund and (b) the Millennium Commission, by administrative counties in England. [4272]
§ Mr. Tony Banks[holding answer 19 June 1997]: The following table shows the number and value of awards made by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Millennium Commission as at 17 June.
County1 Heritage Lottery Fund Millennium Commission2 Total number Total amount £ Total number Total amount £ Avon 11 2,779,975 1 41,300,000 Bedfordshire 4 302,550 — — Berkshire 2 3,865,525 3 2,368,000 Buckinghamshire 5 575,450 1 126,000 Cambridgeshire 23 25,529,079 4 6,245,913 Cheshire 8 1,875,150 — — Cleveland 4 1,942,000 1 860,000 Cornwall 17 3,336,660 3 39,863,000 Cumbria 15 3,700,959 3 7,596,393 Derbyshire 10 3,729,725 — — Devon 19 7,328,200 — — Dorset 18 6,694,900 — — Durham 9 943,655 3 17.532,504 East Sussex 10 2.008,100 — — Essex 10 789,745 2 598,570 Gloucestershire 14 5,551,260 1 3,060,195 Greater London 125 202,972,610 7 105,143,718 Greater Manchester 26 54,817,325 3 28,081,702 Hampshire 21 14,146,496 1 40,000,000 Hereford and Worcester 11 2,713,400 — — Hertfordshire 7 14,965,625 — — Humberside 12 1,016,400 1 462,000 Isle of Wight 1 30,000 1 2,169,350 Kent 23 6,103,567 1 329,800 Lancashire 20 5,115,324 3 6,115,549 Leicestershire 9 407,150 1 23,250,000 Lincolnshire 15 644,849 — — Merseyside 10 12,616,500 4 30,389,695 Norfolk 16 5,775,623 3 31,589,000 North Yorkshire 25 3,991,822 1 313,750 Northamptonshire 8 2,005,930 1 736,000 Northumberland 8 282,200 1 207,000 Nottinghamshire 9 14,841,644 1 243,600 Oxfordshire 7 4,492,186 1 142,500 Shropshire 8 2,952,396 1 162,500 Somerset 15 1,967,250 — — South Yorkshire 7 2,660,047 1 50,000,000 Staffordshire 15 823,875 1 1,599,000 Suffolk 21 2,963,101 1 167,890 Surrey 10 1,652,732 3 485,000 Tyne and Wear 15 19,457,820 1 27,000,000 Warwickshire 2 198,300 — — West Midlands 18 16,850,550 3 57,555,540 West Sussex 8 500,170 1 29,897,500 West Yorkshire 28 19,829,791 2 1,365,000 Wiltshire 12 34,630,485 — — Grand total 691 522,378,101 66 556,956,669 1 The table shows the position at 17 June for capital projects by administrative county. In some places, former Metropolitan Counties are used as there is no county-level administrative unit. It is not possible at present to relate awards to the new unitary authorities.