§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much National Lottery funding has been provided for the preservation of pleasure piers. [29559]
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeThe National Lottery has provided £4.3 million to date for the preservation of pleasure piers. All awards have been made by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Grant Award (£) Year Clevedon Pier Swanage Pier Bowness Harbour Pier Penarth Pier Southport Pier Brighton West Pier 1995–96 1,195,045 — — — — — 1996–97 — 700,000 250,000 1,101,000 34,000 968,000 1997–98 — — — — — 57,500 Total 1,195,045 700,000 250,000 1,101,000 34,000 1,025,500 There are no readily accessible central records of funding for restoration of specific building types to enable me to provide an answer for the years prior to 1983–84. Similarly, it is not possible to provide information in respect of local authority funding for pleasure piers.