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hi the current investment value of the National Trust SMR (NTSMR) is over 5 million ... this takes in the resource as a whole (all digital content images, maps and text database) and is based on such things as the cost of recreating that data at todays rates. It is based on the Historic Landscape Surveys the trust undertakes on its properties and does not include specialist derived data from such things as excavation, geophysical data etc. If you slice it by staff time it works out nearer 6 million ... Jason A. Siddall NTSMR Officer -----Original Message----- From: Mike Shaw [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 3:00 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Quantification of amount of money spent so far on English HER/SMR network In completing my belated response to the HER Consultation I began to wonder if it was possible to attempt a rough quantification of the amount of money, at present- day costs, that had been spent on getting the English HERs/SMRs to the state that they are in today, in order to demonstrate that any additional money put into making them more user-friendly and fit for a wider purpose is a drop in the ocean compared to that already spent on getting to what where we are now. Has anyone attempted such a quantification? My rough and ready calculations were that the avearge HER/SMR would have been in existence for perhaps 25 years and would have had one dedicated officer whose annual salary at todays prices with on costs would be say £30,000. Hence an average HER/SMR might represent £750,000 worth of investment. I then reckoned that there were around 60 reasonably-sized HERs which would give a total investment of £45million. I have not counted UADs in order not to over-egg the pudding. Has anyone any thoughts on this. Is it a reasonable figure? Or is the calculation not worth attempting? Regards, Mike Shaw NAME OF ORIGINATOR : Mike Shaw, Black Country Archaeologist Planning Policy and Urban Design Group Planning Division, Regeneration and Transportation, Wolverhampton City Council, Civic Centre, St Peters Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1RP Mail to [log in to unmask] Contact details: Tel 01902 555493 Fax 01902 555637 ----- PERSONAL DISCLAIMER ----- Please note: The views expressed above are personal and may not necessarily reflect those of Wolverhampton Council, unless explicitly stated otherwise. 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