§ Mr. TylerTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what proportion of expenditure by his Department, and previous responsible Departments, has been for the Arts Council, the Sports Council, tourist boards and the British library in each year since 1981–82; and what is his forecast for 1993–94,1994–95 and 1995–96.
§ Mr. SproatThe information requested is as follows:
Percentage Arts Council Sports Council Tourist Boards British Library 1981–82 26.8 7.0 8.3 13.2 1982.83 30.3 9.3 9.5 15.7 1983–84 31.5 9.0 8.5 16.7 1984–85 33.3 9.5 8.8 17.7 1985–86 26.3 7.5 6.5 13.8 1986–87 33.9 9.3 7.9 15.2 1987–88 22.1 5.9 5.3 11.5 1988–89 22.2 5.6 5.3 11.0 1989–90 21.8 5.9 5.3 13.3 1990–91 22.4 5.7 5.4 13.9 1991–92 23.1 5.3 5.0 13.8 1992–93 21.9 4.8 4.7 12.6 1993–94 22.8 5.1 4.6 11.0 1994–95 19.1 5.1 4.6 13.6 1995–96 18.8 5.0 4.4 13.1 1996–97 19.3 5.1 4.6 11.3 Notes:
1. The percentage of funding shown for the bodies in question, is based on the central government expenditure for all those activities which now fall within the DNH responsibility. It is not possible to show these figures as proportions of the expenditure of those departments who had responsibility for these functions previously.
2 From 1 April 1994 responsibility for the Scottish and Welsh Arts Councils will be transferred from the Secretary of State for National Heritage to the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales respectively. Whilst the above figures take account of all three Arts Councils for the years prior to 1994–95, from that year they represent the Arts Council of England only.
3. The figures are also distorted due to changes in the spending coverage of the Department now and in prior years, for example the inclusion of provision for funding the Welsh 4th Channel with effect from 1992–93.
4. The British Library figures include payments in relation to the building of the new British Library, St. Pancras.