asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much public money has been spent on the maintenance and running, respectively, of Heveningham Hall in each financial year since it was acquired by his Department; if he will give his estimates for the current financial year and for 1975–76; and if he will also give the number of visitors during each year and the gross receipts from their admission.

Heveningham Hall was acquired by my Department in August 1970, and the relevant figures are given below.

Year	Gross repair and maintenance costs	Gross expenditure on opening to the public
	£	£
1970–71	456	8,008
1971–72	4,020	13,207
1972–73	15,877	13,360
1973–74	20,924	15,522
1974–75	10,000*	17,000*
1975–76	10,000*	18,000*
* Estimate.

Year	Visitors	Gross admission receipts
		£
1970	5,689	1,000
1971	20,750	3,763
1972	22,548	4,201
1973	22,562	4,529
1974	20,073	4,566

After taking into account the total income, including admission fees, receipts from shop and catering, etc., from the property, the annual deficit on Heveningham Hall has been as follows:

Year	Deficit
1970–71	£4,844
1971–72	£6,906
1972–73	£5,912
1973–74	£5,244
1974–75 (to date)	£7,818