§ Mr. Buchanasked the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State answering in respect of the Arts if he will now publish in the Official Report the allocation between the various national museums and galleries of the £28.7 million maintenance and repair grant announced on 17 December 1984.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe provision of £28.7 million for building and maintenance work at the national museums and galleries in 1985–86 is met from the arts and libraries public expenditure programme. Responsibility for administering and carrying out the work rests with the Property Services Agency, on whose Vote the expenditure is shown.
99WThe planned programme for 1985–86 comprises:
£million Expenditure on works already in progress 10 Expenditure on works planned for start in 1985–86 6.3 Expenditure on "bulk maintenance", fuel etc., PSA administration costs 12.4 The estimated expenditure in 1985–86 for building work borne on the PSA Vote for each of the national museums and galleries is as follows. The figures are an approximate indication of the expected levels of expenditure rather than a firm allocation of funds. They assume that both building works in hand and those planned to start in 1985–86 progress as originally envisaged. They include an element for "bulk maintenance" (minor maintenance work) but exclude spending on schemes shared between two or more museums, other current expenditure on heating, lighting, services and so on and PSA administration:
£million British Museum 2.8 Imperial War Museum 1.3 National Gallery 2.6 National Maritime Museum 1.9 National Portrait Gallery 0.7 Tate Gallery 1.8 Wallace Collection 0.1 Victoria and Alben Museum 5.8 Science Museum 2.8 Total 19.8