To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the expenditure by his Department in the last financial year on (a) heritage, (b) archaeology and (c) royal parks.

In 1988–89 expenditure on heritage, including archaeology, the royal palaces, grant-in-aid to non-departmental public bodies such as English Heritage, and other heritage activities, was £122·2 million. This figure also includes the costs of departmental staff concerned with these areas of heritage. Government money for archaeology is channelled through English Heritage which, out of a total grant of £66·1 million in 1988–89, spent £7·1 million on this aspect of its work. Expenditure on royal parks was £14·1 million.