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Dept for Culture Media and Sport

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Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the administration costs as a percentage of total expenditure were of each of the regional arts boards in each of the last three years; and what the forecast figures are for the current year, including the underlying data, on which the calculations are based. [152620] Mr. Chris Smith: The information requested is in the table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. East East London Northern North Southern South Arts West Yorkshir Average England Midland Arts Arts West Arts Arts East Arts Board Midlands e Arts Arts Arts Board Board Board Board South Arts Board Board West Board 1996-97 Total 1,172,567 907,999 1,788,826 1,153,409 1,346,020 987,085 837,920 1,062,346 1,163,108 1,098,290 -- administrat ion and overheads Total 5,672,041 5,039,043 14,864,12 8,267,016 9,667,594 4,396,563 3,386,680 4,980,592 6,468,162 7,641,412 -- expenditure 0 Admin. and 21 18 12 14 14 22 25 21 18 14 18 overheads as percentage of total expenditure 1997-98 Total 1,306,192 1,022,998 2,148,360 1,191,143 1,467,866 1,152,545 1,105,794 1,076,834 1,222,727 1,232,622 -- administrat ion and overheads Total 5,921,244 5,168,319 14,872,43 7,891,794 11,219,26 4,503,999 3,615,520 5,238,197 6,822,659 7,774,146 -- expenditure 8 5 Admin. and 22 20 14 15 13 26 28 21 18 16 19 overheads as percentage of total expenditure 1998-99 Total 1,356,880 1,122,304 1,967,743 1,153,409 1,548,197 1,214,485 1,133,405 1,278,564 1,277,346 1,315,188 -- administrat ion and overheads Total 5,639,774 5,365,203 14,811,11 8,267,016 10,078,23 5,079,650 3,761,861 5,297,039 7,000,927 8,021,625 -- expenditure 8 9 Admin. and 24 21 13 14 15 24 30 24 18 16 20 overheads as percentage of total expenditure 1999-2000 Total 1,627,448 1,674,667 2,329,840 1,304,918 1,685,940 1,447,191 1,474,530 1,843,841 1,480,836 1,464,843 -- administrat ion and overheads Total 6,293,572 7,006,544 16,015,91 9,405,899 11,546,44 5,819,415 4,398,127 6,183,189 8,145,266 8,814,294 -- expenditure 6 1 Admin. and 26 24 15 14 15 25 34 30 18 17 22 overheads as percentage of total expenditure 2000-01{ 1} Total 2,028,838 1,534,075 3,214,962 1,407,115 2,071,889 1,565,038 1,642,913 1,426,484 1,637,777 1,665,275 -- administrat ion and overheads Total 9,690,169 9,598,019 31,498,33 12,623,24 18,643,25 11,278,69 7,210,107 9,266,951 13,766,02 12,775,45 -- expenditure 7 0 3 2 6 7 Admin. and 21 16 10 11 11 14 23 15 12 13 15 overheads as percentage of total expenditure _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Forecast Notes: 1. Total administration and ovrheads figure includes staffing costs, related to premises, office costs, travel and subsistence and company costs. It excludes everything which may be considered to be direct arts spend. Source: All figures are taken from RAB audited accounts, with the exception of 2000-01 which are taken from RAB business plans

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

152620; 364 c204W

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Administration Costs Arts Expenditure Forecasts Regional arts boards

Contains statistics

Yes

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