HC Deb 29 February 1996 vol 272 cc682-3W
Mr. Raynsford

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will publish figures for planned public expenditure on(a) all the royal parks and (b) Greenwich park for the years 1995–96 to 1998–99 on the same basis as those published in (i) table 1 on page 60 and (ii) table 2 on page 61 of the report of the royal parks review group on Greenwich park, presented in March 1995. [16391]

Mr. Sproat

Responsibility for the subject of this question has been delegated to the Royal Parks under its chief executive, Mr. David Welch. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from David Welch to Mr. Nick Raynsford, dated 29 February 1996: I have been asked by Iain Sproat, Minister of State for National Heritage, to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking the Secretary of State to publish figures for planned expenditure on all the Royal Parks and on Greenwich Park because these are the areas for which I am responsible. I attach tables showing planned total expenditure in all the Royal Parks and in Greenwich until 1998/99. These figures are based on the Agency's 1995 Corporate Plan as we have not finalised our Plan for the period 1996–99.

Total expenditure in Greenwich Park (1995–96 prices)
£ million
1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99
Other operating costs 0.31 0.18 0.15 0.17 0.16 0.20 0.20 0.19
Running costs 0.11 0.23 0.22 0.21 0.18 0.18 0.17 0.17
Total 1.68 1.87 1.61 1.98 1.78 1.71 1.77 1.57