HC Deb 23 February 1994 vol 238 c251W
Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what is the total number of listed buildings; and how many were listed since his Department was set up.

Mr. Brooke

At 31 December 1993, there were 443,470 entries in the statutory lists. Between April 1992 and December 1993, 4,293 entries were added to the lists.

About 500,000 individual buildings are estimated to be protected.