§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the expenditure of his Department in relation to its responsibilities for historic buildings and ancient monuments in each year since 1979, differentiating between (a) administrative expenditure, (b) expenditure administered in relation to historic buildings and (c) expenditure associated with ancient monuments.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe administrative costs relating to historic buildings and ancient monuments for which we are responsible are not readily identifiable for the years prior to 1985–86. However, for 1985–86 and 1986–87 the Welsh Office Departmental running costs relating to Cadw are £2.061 million and £2.2 million respectively.
For (b) and (c) taking these two aspects together the information requested is as follows:
Historic buildings £000's Ancient monuments £000's RCAHM(W) £000's Total £000's 1979–80 546 861 n/a 1,407 1980–81 875 1,071 n/a 1,946 1981–82 1,224 1,090 n/a 2,314 1982–83 892 1,334 n/a 2,226 1983–84 824 1,546 462 2,832 1984–85 1,424 1,786 401 3,611 1985–86 2,087 1,507 550 4,144 1 1986–87 2,144 1,846 500 4,490 1 Estimate.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many staff were employed by his Department in relation to its responsibilities for historic buildings and ancient monuments in Wales in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsUntil 1982, work on historic buildings and ancient monuments fell to a number of divisions in the Department and the staff engaged on these functions cannot now be accurately determined. The work was brought together in one division in 1982 and since late 1984 has been the responsibility of Cadw. The number of staff in post as at 1 January each year from 1983 (the earliest date for which figures are available) was as follows:
Number 1983 209 1984 194 1985 191 1986 198 1987 194