asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the top four salaries of the staff of each of

					£	£	£	£
Tower of London	…	…	…	…	10,500	7,886	7,886	6,457
Hampton Court palace	…	…	…	…	5,680	4,944	3,128	3,128
Osborne House	…	…	…	…	9,777	5,008	4,574	4,025

If the hon. and learned Member wishes to write to me, specifying any other public buildings in the care of the Department which are open to the public, about which he would like to have this information, I shall supply it.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the annual cost in wages, upkeep and maintenance of (a) structure and (b) contents, heating and lighting, of the Wallace Collection the Tower of London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Ham House, the National Portrait Gallery and Edinburgh Castle.

The figures for the Tower of London for 1976–77 are:

Wages/salaries	…	£579,000
Upkeep and maintenance of
(a) structure	…	£51,000
(b) contents	…	£51,000

Heating and lightingThe corresponding figure for (i) upkeep and maintenance of the structure and (ii) heating and lighting of the other London buildings are:

	(i)	(ii)
Wallace Collection	£38,000	£12,000
V. and A.	£401,000	£109,000
Ham House	£39,000	£4,000
National portrait Gallery	£36,000	£8,000

			1973–74	1794–75	1975–76
			£	£	£
Running costs excluding repairs	…	…	18,229	27,709	28,653
Cost of repairs	…	…	20,159	7,803	12,625
Income	…	…	12,768	15,798	13,205
17 rooms were open to the public last season, and 10 staff, full and part-time were employed.

The information immediately available for Audley End is:
	1973–74	1794–75	1975–76
	£	£	£
Costs:
Maintenance (Wages and materials)	35,350	44,785	62,868	Structure of buildings
Custody and cleaning	15,000*
Lighting and heating	1,000*
Wages	1,125*			Contents of buildings
Other running costs	3,900*
Income	26,070	25,570	42,770
* Estimated costs 1976–77.
16 rooms were open to the public last year 18 staff, full and part-time were employed.

The four highest salaries of staff are:The figures for Edinburgh Castle for 1976–77 are:

Wages and Salaries	…	…	£92,350
Upkeep and maintenance of	…	…	£214,700
Heating and Lighting	…	…	£42,700

The remaining figures for these buildings are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is the annual cost in wages, upkeep and maintenance of (a) structure and (b) contents, heating and lighting of each of the stately homes under the guardianship of the Department; and what is the income in each case for the last three years for which the figures are available;(2) what are the numbers of staff and what are the numbers of rooms open to the public in each of the stately homes under the guardianship of the Department.

The only buildings previously private residences now in the care of my Department in England which are comparable with stately homes are Audley End and Heveningham Hall. The information immediately available for Heveningham Hall is: