§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many Grade I and Grade II listed buildings have been destroyed since 1992. [48600]
§ Mr. RaynsfordI have been asked to reply.
I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to him on 7 February 1996, Official Report, column 284, which gives the figures for the financial years 1993–94 and 1994–95, and the answer given to him on 14 May 1996, Official Report, column 438, which gives the figures for 1992–93. The figures for the last three years are:
1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 Grade I 2 1 0 Grade II* 0 5 2 Grade II 49 55 56 The figures represent cases where local planning authorities notify the Department that they intend to grant consent for the total demolition of a listed building, consents which the Department issues and other total demolitions which are brought to the Department's attention. Since the House of Lords judgment in the case of Shimizu (UK) Limited v. Westminster City Council, the demolition of a curtilage building is likely to amount only to an alteration and hence is no longer included in the demolition statistics form 1997–98.