Budgeted Running Costs

HC Deb 15 January 2001 vol 361 cc23-4W

Mr. Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the budgeted running costs and staff numbers in 2000–01 broken down by Government Office region for(a) Sport England, (b) the Arts Council, (c) the British Tourist Authority, (d) the English Tourism Council and (e) English Heritage. [144279]

Mr. Chris Smith

The information for Sport England and English Heritage is in the table. Running costs include payroll, premises and administrative costs. The Arts Council, the British Tourist Authority and the English Tourism Council do not have regional offices. The Arts Council and the English Tourism Council however, allocate block grants to Regional Tourist Boards and Regional Arts Boards respectively.

	Sport England	English Heritage
	£	Number of staff	£	Number of staff
East of England	637,000	17	2,446,325	82
East Midlands	623,000	17	1,733,635	56
London	612,000	17	5,328,961	185

	Sport England	English Heritage
	£	Number of staff	£	Number of staff
North East	574,000	16	2,433,054	87
North West	757,000	19	1,257,779	38
South East	1,195,000	32	4,977,056	193
South West	583,000	17	3,923,931	144
West Midlands	678,000	17	1,922,649	58
Yorkshire	689,000	18	2,385,831	81