§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will list the amendments made to the schedule of monuments under the ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, as amended, in each of the past 10 years, by name and location and with the reason for revision of the scheduled area of each monument.
§ Mr. Dorrell[holding answer 3 April 1995]: In the mid-1980s there were roughly 12,500 entries in the schedule, representing some 18,000 individual sites. By the end of February 1995, there were 15,346 entries, representing some 22,000 individual sites. The number of amendments to the schedule per year since 1989 is shown in the table. Amendments agreed by the Secretary of State comprise the addition of new monuments, revisions of existing schedule entries, and the deletion of monuments 455W from the schedule. Figures for 1985 to 1989, and the name, location and reason for each amendment since
Recommendations by English Heritage Number of scheduling decisions by the Secretary of State Number of decisions involving revisions of areas Increase in number of monuments in the schedule 1989–90 304 310 52 132 1990–91 403 328 136 189 1991–92 1,138 900 295 534 1992–93 1,020 1,280 446 655 1993–94 1,240 1,203 507 598 1994–95 (to end of February 1995) 1,672 1,626 688 884