73.
To ask the Minister for the Arts how much public funding has so far been awarded to the National Heritage Memorial Fund since its inception in 1980; and what assessment he has made of the outcome of the scheme to date.
The amount of public funding since the inception of the National Heritage Memorial Fund is £105,621,576. This is set out on an annual basis in the table. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment and I are jointly responsible for the operation of the fund. Lord Charteris and the trustees are to be congratulated on an outstanding record of achievement to date. The trustees have chosen carefully among the hundreds of applications for assistance, and I commend their annual reports to my hon. Friend for descriptions of the wide range of land, buildings, artefacts and works of art saved for the nation with contributions from the fund. I have every confidence in their continuing success.
Public funding of NHMF
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£
| £
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1980–81
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| DOE | 7,047,773 | |
| OAL | 7,047,773 | 14,095,546 |
1981–82
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| DOE | 1,244,404 | |
| OAL | 1,244,404 | 2,488,808 |
1982–83
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| DOE | 5,500,000 | |
| OAL | 5,500,000 | 11,000,000 |
1983–841
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| DOE | 1,896,327 | |
| OAL | 593,327 | |
| Inland Revenue | 1,468 | 2,491,122 |
1984–85
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| DOE | 29,000,000 | |
| OAL | 4,000,000 | 33,000,000 |
1985–86
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| DOE | 12,000,000 | |
| OAL | 1,500,000 | 13,500,000 |
1986–87
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| DOE | 1,500,000 | |
| OAL | 1,500,000 | 3,000,000 |
1987–882
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| DOE | 21,546,100 | |
| OAL | 1,500,000 | 23,046,100 |
1988–89
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| DOE | 1,500,000 | |
| OAL | 1,500,000 | 3,000,000 |
| Total | 105,621,576 | |
1 The 1983–84 figure represents a grant of £1,304 million from DOE, the unspent AIL allocations of DOE and OAL (£593,327 each) and £1,468 rebate from the Land Fund. | ||
2The 1987–88 DOE figure comprises of £20 million cash injection, 1·5 million annual grant and £46,100 from the proceeds of Heveningham Hall. | ||