Historic Wrecks (Hansard, 12 February 1990)

§ Mr. Fisher
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish a table showing how many historic wrecks are protected by designation orders under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973(a) in total and (b) in each of the past 10 years.

§ Mr. McLoughlin
Designation orders have been made under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 in respect of 34 wreck sites of historical importance. The numbers of orders made in each of the past 10 years is as follows:

Orders

1980 3

1981 2

1982 2

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Orders

1983 1

1984 2

1985 1

1986 1

1987 —

1988 1

1989 2

§ Mr. Fisher
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what sums he has made available to marine archaeological work in each of the past 10 years.

§ Mr. McLoughlin
In 1986 the Department contracted the university of St. Andrews to provide a team to inspect both sites proposed for designation under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 because of their archaeological or historical importance and sites already so designated. Under this contract the Department has incurred expenditure as follows:

£

1986–87 75,684

1987–88 42,884

1988–89 52,242

1989–90 73,700

	£
1986–87	75,684
1987–88	42,884
1988–89	52,242
1989–90	73,700