Written question asked by Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 19 March 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 26 March 2003. It was answered by Kim Howells (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 March 2003 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 17th March, Official Report, column 516W, on the Arts Council of England, what the (a) total administrative cost, (b) total grant-in-aid allocation, (c) regional administrative cost and (d) regional grant-in-aid allocation has been in each financial year since 1999-2000. - Includes table.

Answer: Mr. Edward Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2003, Official Report, column 516W, on the Arts Council of England, what the (a) total administrative cost, (b) total grant in aid allocation, (c) regional administrative cost and (d) regional grant in aid allocation has been in each financial year since 1999-2000. [104700] Dr. Howells: The information requested is shown in the following table. Arts Council England: Admin costs etc 1999-2003 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-031 Total Admin cost for Arts 19,537,177 22,517,000 22,776,000 26,814,000 Council England (National Office) Change costs (excluded from 0 0 2,152,000 5,543,000 above) Creative Partnerships 0 0 0 2,654,000 (excluded from above) Total GIA for Arts Council 228,250,000 237,155,000 251,455,000 297,500,000 England Total Regional Admin costs 14,340,694 18,194,370 18,836,934 19,686,326 Total Regional GIA 71,015,823 103,785,000 120,522,933 130,280,589 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 2002-03 unaudited figures Source: The information has been supplied by the Arts Council of England on behalf of themselves and the regional arts boards (as they were prior to the recent restructuring of the arts funding system).

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