§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State answering in respect of the Arts what levels of investment have been allocated by individual local authorities towards activities in respect of the Arts (a) in London and (b) in the West Midlands county in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Waldegrave[pursuant to his reply, 12 February 1985, c. 139]: Capital expenditure by individual authorities in London and the west midlands on their museum and art gallery services for the years 1978–79 to 1983–84 is set out in the table. This is based on returns made by the authorities to the Department of the Environment. Details of their capital expenditure on other arts activities are not separately identifiable. The budget estimates of individual authorities for current expenditure on the arts are published annually by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy in "Leisure and Recreation Statistics Estimates", copies of which are in the Library.
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Capital expenditure: museums and art galleries 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 £ £ £ £ £ £ (a) London Greater London Council 1,297 0 7,046 19,609 269,448 0 City of London 211,197 41,665 59,435 0 0 0 Camden 46,795 0 0 0 33,589 994 Greenwich 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hackney 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hammersmith & Fulham 16,240 47,370 14,202 1,934 0 7,770 Islington 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kensington & Chelsea 0 0 555 0 0 13,864 Lambeth 0 0 0 0 36,018 3,100 Lewisham 0 0 0 0 0 0 Southwark 0 5,382 0 0 0 0 Tower Hamlets 3,260 1,805 0 0 0 0 Wandsworth 16,156 3,252 0 0 0 1,201 Westminster 0 0 0 0 0 0 Barking and Dagenham 0 0 0 0 0 0 Barnet 490 4,317 14,477 117,382 433 5,794 Bexley 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brent 137 16 0 0 6,120 20,984 Bromley 0 0 0 0 0 0 Croydon 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ealing 0 0 0 0 0 0 Enfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 Haringey 0 0 0 0 19,625 994 Harrow 0 0 0 0 0 0 Havering 0 0 0 596 0 0 Hillingdon 0 0 44,298 3,321 0 404 Hounslow 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kingston-Upon-Thames 2,957 0 0 0 0 10,300 Merton 0 0 0 0 0 15,552 Newham 62,215 7,416 71,321 126,632 6,759 263 Redbridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 Richmond-Upon-Thames 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sutton 6,944 3,885 0 0 0 0 Waltham Forest 0 3,298 73,915 84,748 0 4,909 Total 367,688 118,406 285,249 354,222 371,992 86,129 (b) West Midlands Birmingham 30,700 45,907 91,585 681,075 716,696 792,046 Coventry 30,942 104,180 241,188 24,062 12,327 85,897 Dudley 60,488 20,029 15,277 0 900 0 Sandwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 Solihull 0 0 0 0 0 0 Walsall 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wolverhampton 0 5,948 99,880 70,472 60,397 111,940 Total 122,130 176,064 447,930 775,609 790,320 989,883