§ 26. Sir Sydney ChapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what has been the funding from the national lottery allocated to the conservation of the United Kingdom built and landscape heritage; and what percentage this represents of total national lottery funding. [28786]
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyA total of 189 projects involving the preservation of the built and landscape heritage have received £61.4 million from the heritage lottery fund. These are only two areas of our diverse heritage that the heritage lottery fund supports. The heritage lottery fund is distributing 20 per cent. of the proceeds of the national lottery to heritage projects. In total it has made 302 awards to a value of 172.3 million.