HC Deb 19 February 1985 vol 73 cc450-1W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked 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.

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