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Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Answer

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much (a) departmental and (b) Lottery funding has been spent on (i) sport, (ii) museums, galleries and libraries, (iii) arts, (iv) historic buildings, monuments and sites, (v) the Royal Parks, (vi) tourism, (vii) broadcasting and media, (viii) commemorative services and (ix) administration and research in each year from 1997; how much was unallocated; and if she will make a statement. [194660] Mr. Caborn: Information on departmental spending in these categories from 1998-99 is available in the departmental report 2004 (Cmd. 6220, pages 67 to 73 refer). Copies of the departmental report are placed in the House of Commons Library and it is also available on the DCMS website. Information on departmental spending in 1997-98 is not available on a comparable basis because of the change to resource accounting. Tourism and broadcasting/media are not direct beneficiaries of Lottery funding. Information on Lottery spending (i.e. the amount authorised for payment out of the National Lottery Distribution Fund to the distributing bodies for grant payments) for the good causes, including sport, the arts and the national heritage, can be obtained from the National Lottery Distribution Fund Annual Accounts for the years 1997-98 to 2002-03 inclusive. In each year's Accounts, a table headed "Reconciliation of amounts available to distributing bodies" gives the amounts "Authorised for payment to distributing bodies". This equals the amount drawn down (and is equivalent to spending from) the NLDF by the distributors. Copies of the NLDF accounts are available in the House of Commons Library. The NLDF annual accounts for 2003-04 are currently being audited prior to publication.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

194660; 426 c511W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Administration Broadcasting Arts Archaeological sites Finance Distribution Historic buildings Festivals and special occasions Lotteries National Lottery Museums and galleries Public expenditure Public libraries Monuments Sports Research Tourism Royal parks Department for Culture, Media and Sport

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