National Heritage Memorial Fund

HC Deb 13 May 1992 vol 207 cc122-3W

Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what was the level of funding made from the National Heritage memorial fund for the purposes of safeguarding landscape features and wildlife habitats in each of the last six years; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Key

Grants made available by the trustees of the National Heritage memorial fund to assist in the acquisition, maintenance or preservation of land of scenic and/or scientific interest over the last six financial years were as follows:

	£ million
1986–87	1.429
1987–88	1.500
1988–89	1.157
1989–90	5.887

	£ million
1990–91	1.071
1991–92	1.940