HC Deb 19 June 2000 vol 352 c46W
Mr. Hilary Benn

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if the(a) Royal Academy of Music, (b) Royal College of Music, (c) Trinity College of Music, (d) Royal Northern College of Music, (e) Birmingham Conservatoire, (f) Guildhall School of Music and Drama and (g) Leeds College of Music has its own concert hall. [126034]

Mr. Wicks

Trinity College of Music performs at a variety of venues including the South Bank Centre, and St. Johns, Smith Square, London but will have its own concert hall when it moves to the Old Naval College Greenwich. Leeds College of Music also performs at a number of venues.

All the other named institutions have their own concert halls.

Mr. Hilary Benn

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much capital investment the(a) Royal Academy of Music, (b) Royal College of Music, (c) Trinity College of Music, (d) Royal Northern College of Music, (e) Birmingham Conservatoire, (f) Guildhall School of Music and Drama and (g) Leeds College of Music has received in each of the last five years for which information is available. [126050]

Mr. Wicks

The funding for these institutions comes from a variety of sources both public and private. Information on the total amount of capital investment received by each of the specified institutions is not available centrally.