HC Deb 08 February 2001 vol 362 cc683-4W
Mr. Peter Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will publish the proportion of total Exchequer spending represented by his Department in(a) 1996–97, (b) 1997–98, (c) 1998–99, (d) 1999–2000, (e) 2000–01 and (f) in each of the years covered by the Comprehensive Spending Review. [148183]

1997–98 1998–99
County Population mid-1997 Library x £1,000 £ per head Leisure x £1,000 £ per head Population mid-1998 Library x £1,000 £ per head Leisure x £1,000 £ per head
Avon 991,639 9,728 9.81 9,271 9.35 999,295 9,795 9.80 13,420 13.43
Bedfordshire 552,295 6,334 11.47 10,156 18.39 556.628 6,522 11.72 10,767 19.34
Berkshire 797,488 10,004 12.54 11,031 13.83 800,180 9,576 11.97 16,216 20.27
Buckinghamshire 677,527 7,347 10.84 5,526 8.16 681,873 7,983 11.71 8,538 12.52
Cambridgeshire 712,240 7,036 9.88 7,795 10.94 719,767 7,709 10.71 10,159 14.11
Cheshire 982,102 10,124 10.31 13,834 14.09 984,280 10,988 11.16 18,560 18.86

Mr. Chris Smith

[holding answer 1 February 2001]: My Department's spending as a proportion of Government's Total Managed Expenditure, for the years 1996–97 to 2000–04 is set out in the table.

DCMS spending as a proportion of total managed government spending1
Year DCMS (£ million) Total TME (£ million) Percentage
1996–97 1,483 316,000 0.47
1997–98 1,996 322,800 0.62
1998–99 2,708 331,000 0.82
1999–2000 2,902 340,700 0.85
2000–012 3,321 371,600 0.89
2001–023 3,120 392,900 0.79
2002–033 3,269 415,400 0.79
2003–044 3,339 439,600 0.76
1 Excludes BBC revenue grants; includes Lottery expenditure
2 Estimate
3 Plans

Over the period until 2003–04, DCMS funding will have increased by 125 per cent. in cash terms and 89 per cent. in real terms.