HC Deb 29 October 1999 vol 336 cc999-1000W
Mr. Spring

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what was the amount of funding provided by local authorities(a) to the arts, (b) to museums and galleries and (c) supporting the upkeep of listed buildings in the last year for which figures are available. [95491]

Ms Beverley Hughes

English local authorities incurred a total net current expenditure of £137.7 million on museums and art galleries in 1997–98. Expenditure on

Ms Beverley Hughes

The then Minister for the Regions, Regeneration and Planning, my right hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Central (Mr. Caborn), replied to the hon. Member on the 13 July.