§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much English Heritage has spent on maintenance of its historic(a) sites and (b) properties in each of the past five years. [29742]
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§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many pleasure piers have received public funding in each of the last 25 years. [29560]
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeThe majority of Government funding for the built heritage is channelled through English Heritage. Since its inception in 1984, English Heritage has offered conservation grants to the following pleasure piers:
Grant offer (£000) Year Brighton West Pier Southend Pier Ramsgate East Pier Clevedon Pier Scarborough West Pier 1983–84 50.0 — — 19.4 — 1984–85 — 100.0 — 637.0 — 1985–86 184.8 — — — — 1988–89 3.0 — — — — 1990–91 — — — — 20.6 1991–92 — — 7.2 — — 1996–97 77.5 — — — Total 315.3 100.0 7.2 656.4 20.6 The National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF), also funded by my Department, has provided funding for the rescue of the following piers since its establishment in 1980:
Grant Award (£) Year Bangor Pier Clevedon Pier Brighton Pier 1982–83 10,000 — — 1983–84 65,000 — — 1984–85 68,106 24,223 — 1985–86 86,420 353,476 — 1986–87 45,474 71,535 71,999 1987–88 50,000 33,257 43,222 1988–89 — 146,901 39,296 1989–90 — 32,608 36,014 Total 325,000 662,000 190,531 In addition, the Heritage Lottery Fund, distributed by the NHMF, has made the following awards to piers:
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeIt is not possible to provide a breakdown of expenditure between English Heritage's historic sites and properties. However, in each of the last five years, overall expenditure on the maintenance and restoration of its historic sites and properties is as follows:
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Year £ million 1992–93 7.2 1993–94 5.8 1994–95 5.5 1995–96 6.1 1996–97 7.0
§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much English Heritage has spent on the restoration of historic(a) sites and (b) properties in each of the past five years. [29741]
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeIn each of the last five years, English Heritage's expenditure on each of its grant repair schemes is as follows:
Grant spend (£ million) 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 Historic Buildings and Monuments 12.3 11.7 12.1 12.8 11.6 Churches 9.3 10.3 9.1 9.2 10.3 Cathedrals 3.0 3.5 3.7 3.3 4.0 Conservation Areas 7.4 8.3 8.5 8.9 9.2 Parks, Gardens and Landscapes 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 Total 33.0 34.3 33.8 34.4 35.3 In addition, overall expenditure on the restoration and maintenance of English Heritage's own historic sites and properties is as follows:
Year £ million 1992–93 7.2 1993–94 5.8 1994–95 5.5 1995–96 6.1 1996–97 7.0