§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Minister of Public Building and Works how many guide books or pamphlets are published for public monuments in his charge in Wales; and how many are published in the Welsh language or bilingually.
§ Mr. PrenticeThere are 28 guide books, 30 pamphlets and 11 card-guides printed in English for Welsh monuments. One card-guide for Caernarvon is in the 335W Welsh language, but the very small quantity sold does not encourage us to print others in Welsh.
§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Minister of Public Building and Works at how many of the historic monuments in his charge in Wales are public notices displayed in both the Welsh and English languages; and in how many is English alone used.
§ Mr. PrenticePublic notices in both Welsh and English are displayed at 5 monuments, and in English alone at 104 monuments.
§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Minister of Public Building and Works what historic monuments have been taken into his charge in Wales since 1964; and what facilities he has provided since that date for increased public access to Welsh historic monuments in his charge.
§ Mr. PrenticeI have taken two monuments into my guardianship since 1964. These are St. Hilary's Chapel Tower at Denbigh and part of the Roman Fortress at Caerleon in Monmouthshire. Subject to the completion of legal formalities, my Department will also assume responsibility for three more monuments. These are an Iron Age Camp at Llanmelin Wood, Monmouthshire; Llangar Church in Merionethshire; and a medieval house at Hafotty in Anglesey.
There has also been minor additions of land or buildings at five other monuments.
Access roads, paths and car parks have been provided or improved at 17 monuments.
§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Minister of Public Building and Works what was the total number of visitors to historic monuments in his charge in Wales in each of the years from 1961 to 1966.
§ Mr. PrenticeThe total annual numbers of visitors to historic monuments during this period were as follows:
1961 … … … 911,100 1962 … … … 948,300 1963 … … … 983,600 1964 … … … 1,050,800 1965 … … … 1,037,200 1966 … … … 1,080,900