Regional Arts Boards

HL Deb 25 March 2002 vol 633 cc4-5WA

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What were the annual budgets of the regional arts boards for the years 1997–2001 and the total spend by each board on administration costs as a percentage of their annual budget [HL3386]

Baroness Blackstone

The following table, supplied by the Arts Council of England on behalf of the regional arts boards, contains the information requested by the noble Baroness.

Summary of RAB administration and overhead costs as a percentage of expenditure
	EAB	EMAB	LAB	NAB	NWAB	SAB	SEAB	ABSW	WMAB	YAB
Admin & overheads as % of total expenditure	24%	21%	13%	14%,	15%	24%,	30%	24%,	18%	16%,
1999–2000
Total admin & overheads	1,627,448	1,674 667	2,329,840	1,304,918	1,685,940	1,447,191	1,474,530	1,843,841	1,480,837	1,464,843
Total expenditure	6,293,572	7,006,544	16,015,916	9,405,899	11,546,441	5,819,415	4,398,127	6,183,189	8,145,266	8,814,294
Admin & overheads as % of total expenditure	26%	24%	15%	14%	15%	25%	34%	30%	18%	17%
2000–01
Total admin & overheads	2,028,838	1,534,075	3,214,962	1,407,115	2,071,889	1,565,038	1,642,913	1,426,484	1,637.777	1,665,275
Total expenditure	9,690,169	9,598,019	31,498,337	12,623,240	18,643,253	11,278,692	7,210,107	9,266,951	13,766,026	12,775,475
Admin & overheads as % of total expenditure	21%	16%	10%	11%	11%	14%	23%	15%	12%	13%
FTE staff	35.5	42.0	69.0	37.0	53.0	39.0	42.0	37.0	45.0	45.0

Notes:

Total admin & overheads figure includes staffing costs, costs related to premises, office costs, travel & subsistence, company costs. Essentially anything which is not considered to be direct arts spend.

All figures are taken from RAB audited accounts, with the exception of 2000–01 which are taken from RAB business plans.

NB: RAB overheads include expenditure on arts development and fundraising which generates a net income.