§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in regard to royal parks (a) their number, location and acreage, (b) the expenditure incurred by the Government in the financial year 1984–85 on the maintenance, repair and improvement of each park, (c) any income received in the financial year 1984–85 for each park and (d) the names and addresses of any consultants or agencies involved in work affecting each park, giving brief descriptions of jobs involved and details of the terms of reference, date of completion and any fees due to be paid beyond the current financial year.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneThere are nine royal parks. The information requested is as follows:
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Park Acres Hectares Works/Supplies Expenditure 1984–85 £ Income 1984–85 (estimated) £ Central Parks 2,906,889 396,100 Hyde 343 139 St. James's 86 35 Green 52 21 Kensington Gardens 285 116 Regent's (including Primrose Hill) 400 162 1,897,176 158,035 Hampton Court and Bushy Parks 1,748 708 1,418,606 210,170 Richmond 2,359 955 745,676 93,514 Greenwich 195 79 787,742 30,267 Not specific to individual parks &— &— 487,176 114,200 TOTAL 5,468 2,215 8,243,265 1,002,286 Consultants currently engaged in work affecting parks (excluding design consultancies let by the Property Services Agency) are as follows:
1.Land Use Consultants, 731 Fulham Road, SW6.
Historical Survey, Greenwich Park, report due late 1985.
2.Land Use Consultants
Preparation of exhibition material in respect of Fountain Garden at Hampton Court. Completion expected summer 1985.
3.Consortium of Inbucon Ltd, 197 Knightsbridge, SW7 and Land Use Consultants Study of standards of maintenance, their resource implications, and options for future maintenace of royal parks. Feasibility report based principally on study of Regent's Park due Autumn 1985.
No fees will be incurred on 1 and 2 in 1986–87. Further expenditure on 3 depends on the outcome of the feasibility study.