asked the Secretary of State for Wales what grants have been paid in each year to each of the national parks in Wales since they were set up.

The grants paid to county councils in respect of this general field of expenditure in Wales are as follows:

	Snowdonia (Designated 1951)	Pembrokeshire Coast (Designated 1951)	Brecon Beacons (Designated 1955)
	£	£	£
1954–55	—	688	—
1955–56	1,139	814	—
1956–57	530	1,752	—
1957–58	485	130	—
1958–59	345	331	—
1959–60	780	470	—
1960–61	1,816	—	—
1961–62	579	330	—
1962–63	3,605	373	—
1963–64	1,774	99	—
1964–65	4,560	10,921	129
1965–66	15,988	15,651	14,539
1966–67	13,427	10,851	1,502
1967–68	15,532	10,659	5,104
1968–69	8,649	11,768	11,940
1969–70	10,458	4,614	6,480
1970–71	6,286	5,220	18,736
1971–72	29,405	5,995	6,267
1972–73	9,836	11,319	72,533
1973–74	10,583	15,425	72,703
1974–75	25,586	19,923	1,070

The figures up to and including 1972–73 relate to grants paid in respect of national park and countryside schemes. Separate figures for national park grants are not available for those years.