§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Under-Secretary of State answering in respect of the arts if he will announce the 1983–84 cash limit reductions which will be applied to institutions funded from the arts and libraries programme.
§ Mr. WaldegraveIn the light of the Government's announcement on 7 July, the 1983–84 cash limits on the relevant Votes will be adjusted in line with the following reductions in planned provision:434W
1983–84 Reduction Institution £ million Percentage of 1983–84 Estimate British Museum 0.125 1.0 Science Museum 0.077 1.0 Victoria and Albert Museum 0.104 1.0 Imperial War Museum 0.041 1.0 National Gallery 0.068 1.0 National Maritime Museum 0.041 1.0 National Portrait Gallery 0.018 1.0 Tate Gallery 0.054 1.0 Wallace Collection 0.008 1.0 Arts Council 0.920 1.0 South Bank Theatre Board 0.006 2.0 British Film Institute 0.072 1.0 Museums and Galleries Commission 0.050 2.0 British Library 1.022 2.2 These reductions apply mainly to recurrent expenditure. Their level has been calculated after taking full account of the estimated £0.9 million savings to Government funds in 1983–84 from postponing the start of the Theatre museum building project, provision for which was borne separately on the Property Services Agency Vote — Class XIV, Vote 3. The overall cash limit reduction on that PSA Vote will also take account, where appropriate, of the scope for savings in capital and maintenance expenditure on the national museums and galleries and the British Library.
In addition
- (a) A total of £0.017 million—equivalent to 2.1 per cent.—will be deducted from the gross provision to be made available in 1983–84 for Office of Arts and Libraries administration — for which a token Summer Supplementary Estimate is being sought following the transfer of functions—and from the provision for OAL research, surveys, and so on.
- (b) The 1983–84 cash limit for the Victoria and Albert museum will be reduced by £0.041 million, following excess expenditure of that sum against its 1982–83 cash limit.