HC Deb 10 April 2001 vol 366 cc540-1W
Ms Buck

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list(a) each category of grant and (b) the amount of each grant paid by his Department to each London borough in (i) 1997–98, (ii) 1998–99, (iii) 1999–2000 and (iv) 2000–01; and what the projected figure is for 2001–02. [155431]

Mr. Chris Smith

Information about the various grants awarded by non-departmental public bodies such as the Arts Council of England, Sport England and English Heritage can be obtained from those bodies.

Information about grants awarded by the DCMS/Wolfson Public Libraries Challenge Fund and the Designated Museums Challenge Fund are described in the following tables:

We cannot give projected figures for 2001–02 as DCMS/Wolfson is a challenge fund and considers projects from across England on the basis of merit.

Designated Museums Challenge Fund1
£2
Borough/Museum 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Total
City of Westminster
Courtauld Gallery 50 75 75 200
London Transport Museum 52.5 95 95.5 243
Total City of Westminster 102.5 170 170.5 443
LB of Camden
University College London, Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology 62 105 119 286
Jewish Museum 50 85 65 200
Sir John Soane's Museum 0 95 82.5 177.5
Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art 0 85 33.5 118.5
Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons 0 60 49 109
Total LB of Camden 112 430 349 891
LB of Lewisham
Homiman Museum 100 99.5 63.5 263
City of London
Museum of London 0 131.5 218.5 350
LB of Greenwich
Royal Artillery Museum of Rotunda 0 0 89 89
LB of Southwark
Dulwich Picture Gallery 52 80 60 192
1 Allocations have been made to institutions in London between 1999–2000 and 2001–02 (the life of the fund)
2 Rounded to the nearest £500

Note:

The figures reflect the Designated Museums Challenge Fund allocations made to museums and galleries in London in those years. These are not necessarily the figures drawn down by the institutions concerned in those years.