Asked by: Sarah Edwards (Labour - Tamworth)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the condition of heritage assets in Tamworth constituency.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Historic England, HM Government's statutory adviser on the historic environment, is responsible for working with all stakeholders to champion historic places and help people to understand, value and care for them. In particular, Historic England has made assessments in relation to Heritage at Risk in Tamworth. There are three entries on Historic England’s Heritage at Risk register in the Tamworth constituency:
the Deanery wall at Lower Gungate;
the Church of St John the Baptist; and
the Fazeley and Bonehill Conservation Area.
The Heritage at Risk programme protects and manages the historic environment. Historic England works with owners, friends groups, developers and other stakeholders to find solutions for ‘at risk’ historic places and sites across England.
In addition, heritage assets within the Tamworth constituency have benefited from National Heritage Lottery funding totalling £3,553,753 since 1994, including a grant of £555,400 to the scheduled and grade I listed Tamworth Castle in 2016.