§ Mr. Richard Pageasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when the first volume of the central register of historic buildings on the Government estate is to be published.
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§ Mr. HeseltineI am publishing the first volume of the new register today and I am arranging for copies to be placed in the Library.
I promised publication of this document in my response to the Montagu report on alternative uses for historic buildings. This first volume lists and describes the 350 or so historic buildings on the Government estate in Northern and Eastern England, the Midlands and Wales.
The register reveals the great variety and quality of many of these buildings and shows how they are being used successfully for a range of modern purposes. The registers will also assist the Property Services Agency in its objective of maintaining these historic buildings in a positive and sensitive way.
I will be publishing two further volumes covering London and Southern England in the new year.