asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the objections he has received to each of the 22 applications to demolish listed buildings submitted to him by the London borough councils and the GLC since September 1974.
No. The information required for such a list would be disproportionately costly to provide.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much money from public funds was allocated to the preservation of historic buildings each year from 1945 to 1974, inclusive.
The following amounts have been allocated for grants and loans for the repair of historic buildings under the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953 and for the preservation and enhancement of conservation areas under the Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 1972. The figures for Scotland and Wales have been included at the request of my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales:
| ENGLAND | |
| £ | |
| 1945–53 | nil |
| 1953 | 10,650 |
| 1954 | 245,304 |
| 1955 | 365,756 |
| 1956 | 235,949 |
| 1957 | 332,863 |
| 1958 | 548,597 |
| 1959–60 | 400,000 |
| 1960–61 | 400,000 |
| 1961–62 | 400,000 |
| 1962–63 | 400,000 |
| 1963–64 | 400,000 |
| 1964–65 | 450,000 |
| 1965–66 | 450,000 |
| 1966–67 | 450,000 |
| 1967–68 | 450,000 |
| 1968–69 | 550,000 |
| 1969–70 | 575,000 |
| 1970–71 | 700,000 |
| 1971–72 | 1,000,000 |
| 1972–73 | 1,500,000 |
| 1973–74 | 2,250,000 |
| 1974–75 | 2,500,000 |
| SCOTLAND | |
| £ | |
| 1945–53 | nil |
| 1953 | 4,100 |
| 1954 | 47,990 |
| 1955 | 40,325 |
| 1956 | 91,150 |
| 1957 | 76,561 |
| 1958 | 50,345 |
| 1959 | 49,995 |
| 1960 | 61,695 |
| 1961 | 72,050 |
| 1962 | 50,200 |
| 1963 | 59,630 |
| 1964 | 75,045 |
| 1965 | 109,050 |
| 1966 | 133,180 |
| 1967–70 | 260,000 |
| 1970–73 | 450,000 |
| 1973–74 | 325,000 |
| 1974–75 | 325,000 |
| WALES | |
| £ | |
| 1945–53 | nil |
| 1953–67 | 475,000 |
| 1967–70 | 116,500 |
| 1970–73 | 263,000 |
| 1973–74 | 157,500 |
| 1974–75 | 157,500 |
It is impossible without disproportionate time and expense to determine the amounts attributable to the preservation of historic buildings within the amounts expended on buildings in Government ownership, care or guardianship. The incomplete returns from local authorities show the following amounts spent on grants and loans for the repair of historic buildings under the Local Authorities (Historic Buildings) Act 1962:
| ENGLAND | |
| £ | |
| 1962–63 | 13,528 |
| 1963–64 | 31,511 |
| 1964–65 | 80,995 |
| 1965–66 | 96,324 |
| 1966–67 | 91,036 |
| 1967–68 | 113,522 |
| 1968–69 | 183,937 |
| 1969–70 | 127,697 |
| 1970–71 | 185,996 |
| 1971–72 | 281,642 |
| 1972–73 | 304,379 |
| 1973–74 | 299,422 |
| Wales | |
| £ | |
| 1969–70 | 1,605 |
| 1970–71 | 5,950 |
| 1971–72 | 9,123 |
| 1972–73 | 14,536 |
| 1973–74 | 16,522 |
The Local Authorities (Historic Buildings) Act 1962 was applied to Scotland in 1967. Since then and up to May 1973 local authorities have made grants totalling £60,000.