§ Mr. HanleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what grants in aid were received by the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England for the maintenance and running costs of the three former Greater London council properties, Kenwood house, Rangers house and Marble Hill house during the financial years 1986–87; 1987–88; 1988–89 and 1989–90 in cash and real terms; and how these grants were apportioned between the three properties.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe year 1986–87 was the only one in which a separately identifiable allocation of 535W grant-in-aid was paid to the commission in respect of all the ex-GLC functions, including Kenwood house, Rangers house and Marble Hill house, for which it assumed responsibility; this amounted to £7.75 million in total. For subsequent years, provision for these properties was subsumed in the total grant-in-aid provision, the allocation of which is for the commission to decide. I have asked the chairman of the commission to write to my hon. Friend with the details he requests for 1986–87 and subsequent years.