§ Mr. OttawayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list each London borough's arts budget for the(a) current and (b) next financial year. [78417]
§ Ms ArmstrongThe information available relates to budgeted expenditure on culture and heritage, which includes:
- all museums and galleries with permanent or transient collections open to the public, museum services and grants to independent museums;
- theatres (unless treated as trading services), halls, arts centres etc., covering all local authorities' premises whose main purpose is for arts functions;
- grants and contributions made for the specific purpose of supporting and/or promoting such art activities in all premises irrespective of their primary purpose or use;
- conservation of the historic environment;
- archives and records.
The reported information for the current financial year (1998–99) is given in the table. Data for 1999–2000 are not yet centrally available.
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Net current expenditure on Culture and Heritage budgeted by London boroughs 1998–99 £000 City of London 6,768 Camden 143 Greenwich 1,169 Hackney 404 Hammersmith and Fulham 51 Islington 790 Kensington and Chelsea 481 Lambeth 0 Lewisham 0 Southwark 1,024 Tower Hamlets 751 Wandsworth 526 Westminster 0 Barking and Dagenham 168 Barnet 354 Bexley 321 Brent 255 Bromley 1,277 Croydon 3,137 Ealing 428 Enfield 598 Haringey 241 Harrow 94 Havering 559 Hillingdon 160 Hounslow 1,109 Kingston upon Thames 288 Merton 101
Net current expenditure on Culture and Heritage budgeted by London boroughs 1998–99 £000 Newham 1,336 Redbridge 321 Richmond upon Thames 300 Sutton 1,084 Waltham Forest 390 Note:
Some expenditure on culture and heritage may be included within "Other Services" on the RA98/99 form and is therefore not separately identifiable.
Source:
RA98/99 line 34