§ Mr. RedwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the total operations and running costs were of the millennium dome for 2000. [147728]
§ Janet Anderson[holding answer 30 January 2001]: The figure provided by the New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC) is subject to the Company's necessary external audit scrutiny. That work will begin shortly and will inform the content of the Company's Annual Report and Financial Statements for the period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2000. The report and statements will be published in due course. NMEC has advised that total operating or running costs for the millennium dome in the calendar year 2000 was £145.5 million.