§ Mr. Weetchasked the Secretary of State for Scotland in how many cases, as envisaged by part II of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, 544W investigating authorities were consulted in Scotland in connection with applications for scheduled monument consents, since that Act became operational.
§ Mr. AncramPart II of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 has not to date been brought into force in Scotland.
§ Mr. Weetchasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many sites in Scotland have been scheduled as ancient monuments since the implementation of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and how many such sites have been descheduled.
§ Mr. AncramOne and none, respectively.
§ Mr. Weetchasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many ancient monuments in Scotland, for which consent to develop or destroy has been issued, have been archaeologically excavated; and in how many cases total excavation took place.
§ Mr. AncramSince the relevant provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 came into force in Scotland on 30 September 1981, there have been three such cases, in all of which partial excavation was sufficient.
§ Mr. Weetchasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what specific sums of money and what proportion of the total finance in connection with archaeological excavations of ancient monuments in Scotland was provided by his Department, local authorities and the Manpower Services Commission, respectively, over the most recent convenient period.
§ Mr. AncramIn the financial year 1983–84 expenditure incurred in Scotland by my Department on archaeological investigation of threatened sites and at ancient monuments in the care of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State amounted to £694,000. The Manpower Services Commission has funded a number of archaeological investigations in Scotland under the community programme. Expenditure on such projects in 1983–84 amounted to £313,000. Details of local authority expenditure on archaeology in Scotland are not held centrally.
§ Mr. Weetchasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) in how many cases, by region in Scotland, publicity was given, and in what form, relating to applications received for scheduled monument consents, since the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 became operational;
(2) in how many cases, by region in Scotland, there was a public local inquiry or a specific hearing before a person appointed by his Department in order to determine applications relating to scheduled monument consents;
(3) how many scheduled monument consents have been issued since the implementation of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 in the appropriate regions of Scotland;
(4) how many applications, by region of Scotland, there have been from developers and archaeologists, respectively, in relation to scheduled monument consents, since the implementation of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act of 1979;
(5) how many scheduled monument consents, by region of Scotland, given since the coming into operation of the 545W Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 were unconditional and how many made prior archaeological excavation a condition of consent.
Cases in which Scheduled Monument Consent applications were subjected to Number of Scheduled Monument Consent Applications received* Number of Scheduled Monument Consents granted† Publicity Public Local Inquiry or Hearing From Developers From Archaeologists Unconditional Conditional on prior archaeological investigation Total Borders — — 2 1 4 — 5 Central — — — — — — 3 Dumfries & Golloway — — 1 — 1 — 4 Fife — — — — 2 — 3 Grampian — — 1 2 1 1 4 Highland — — 1 — — 1 2 Lothian — — — — — — 1 Strathclyde — — 4 3 4 1 19 Tayside — — — — — — 1 Orkney Islands Area — — — 1 — — 1 Shetland Islands Area — — 1 — — — 1 Western Isles Islands Area — — 1 — 1 — 1 Totals — — 11 7 13 3 45 Note: The entries in this table are not additive, since (*) applications are made by persons other than archaeologists or developers (for example, local authorities or other owners of standing monuments seeking to repair or adapt them) and a(†) consent may be conditional on a matter not related to archaeology.