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Museums: Libraries

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The following tables show the amount of funding the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has spent on museums and libraries from 2006-07 to 2010-11, and how much it plans-to spend from 2011-12 to 2014-15. The tables reflect: the grant-in-aid paid for the Department's national museums and the British Library from 2006-07 to 2010-11 and the funding allocated to these bodies in the October 2010 spending review settlement from 2011-12 to 2014-15. These figures can be seen on the Department's website at:"http://www.transparency.culture.gov.uk/"Updates will be published periodically in the same location; the funding allocated programmes to support museums and libraries—Renaissance in the Regions, Strategic Commissioning and DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund from 2006-07 to 2014-15; the funding allocated to the Department's grant-funded museums from 2006-07 to 2014-15.

Grant in aid
£ million
Body	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
British Museum	42.929	44.893	50.943	48.348	46.343
Natural History Museum	43.135	45.165	52.887	51.186	48.586
Imperial War Museum	20.613	22.177	23.888	24.163	23.910
National Gallery	23.985	25.597	26.369	27.287	28.201
National Maritime Museum¹	17.008	18.491	19.750	19.240	19.002
National Museums Liverpool	21.203	22.326	22.488	23.643	23.712
National Portrait Gallery	7.031	7.038	7.693	7.744	7.577
National Museum of Science and Industry	37.329	38.484	39.158	40.608	40.153
Tate Gallery	34.124	45.929	61.385	55.987	54.729
Victoria and Albert Museum	39.112	42.262	44.860	44.761	44.318
Wallace Collection	3.528	4.156	4.228	4.301	4.212
Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester	4.059	4.171	4.788	4.987	4.882
Museum of London (transferred to GLA April 2008)	7.931	8.809	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sir John Soane's Museum	1.115	1.339	1.339	1.181	1.169
Horniman Museum	3.932	4.350	4.757	4.566	4.518
Geffrye Museum	1.740	1.956	1.748	1.791	1.773
Royal Armouries	7.814	8.917	8.264	8.474	8.389
Total Museums	316.588	346.060	374.545	368.267	361.474
British Library	102.643	106.480	106.947	109.464	105.847
¹ This include the ring-fenced allocation for National Historic Ships.

Spending review settlement
£ million
Body	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
British Museum	54.664	44.016	43.393	43.267
Natural History Museum	46.480	45.760	45.204	45.172
Imperial War Museum	21.706	21.436	21.239	21.273
National Gallery	26.744	26.320	25.980	25.911
National Maritime Museum¹	17.058	16.848	16.693	16.723
National Museums Liverpool	21.875	21.561	21.323	21.327
National Portrait Gallery	7.398	7.277	7.183	7.172
National Museum of Science and Industry	37.582	37.026	36.602	36.596
Tate Gallery	35.305	34.912	34.837	33.441
Victoria and Albert Museum	41.355	40.705	40.203	40.167
Wallace Collection	2.983	2.946	2.918	2.922
Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester	3.998	3.927	3.871	3.860
Museum of London (transferred to GLA April 2008)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sir John Soane's Museum	1.130	1.111	1.096	1.094
Horniman Museum	4.275	4.199	4.139	4.127
Geffrye Museum	1.674	1.645	1.621	1.616
Royal Armouries	7.901	7.773	7.673	7.662
Total Museums	332.128	317.462	313.975	312.330
British Library	107.473	96.287	93.544	93.407
¹ This include the ring-fenced allocation for National Historic Ships.

Allocation
£ million
Programme	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund¹	2	2	2	2	2	n/a	2.000	n/a	2.000
Renaissance in the Regions	32	45	46.215	47.463	47.04	45.567	44.725	44.050	43.914
Strategic Commissioning	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.56	2.373	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
¹ The DCMS/Wolfson Fund, financed equally by Government and the Wolfson Foundation, supports projects which improve the quality of displays, public spaces, collection interpretation and disabled access in museums and galleries across England.

Allocation
£ million
Grants to smaller museums	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Design	0.483	0.503	0.414	0.425	0.424	0.328	0.257	0.202	0.163
NCMME	2.528	2.809	2.731	2.805	2.794	2.707	2.657	2.616	2.608
People's History	0.156	0.164	0.168	0.173	0.173	0.168	0.164	0.162	0.162
Tyne and Wear	1.861	2.326	2.362	2.399	2.848	1.918	1.893	1.872	1.868
Football Museum (ceased funding from 2010-11)	0.100	0.100	0.103	0.105	0.105	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Total	5.128	5.902	5.778	5.907	6.344	5.121	4.971	4.852	4.801

This Department has policy responsibility for public libraries but core funding for public libraries is paid to the 151 library authorities in England as part of the Local Government Finance Settlement, administered by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).Until October 2011 the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) was responsible for library development and improvement. Grant-in-aid was used to deliver the Future Libraries Programme supporting 10 projects with a maximum of £10,000 per project to help library services face financial challenges.MLA's responsibility for libraries was transferred to Arts Council England (ACE) and on 9 November ACE launched a second Libraries Development Initiative. It will run between March 2012 and March 2013 supporting around 10 projects with a maximum of £20,000 per project to create vibrant, sustainable 21st century library service.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

82194; 536 c439-42W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Libraries Museums and galleries

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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