§ Mr. Edward DaveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2003,Official Report, column 516W, on the Arts Council of England, what the (a) total administrative cost, (b) total grant in aid allocation, (c) regional administrative cost and (d) regional grant in aid allocation has been in each financial year since 1999–2000. [104700]
§ Dr. HowellsThe information requested is shown in the following table.
§ Mr. CabornThe information requested is not available in the requested format over the entire period in question. Up to and including 1996–97, the figure for the size of the NLDF balance was collated only at the end of the 3rd and 4th quarters of the financial year. The following table gives these figures and the monthly totals from 1997–98 onwards.
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£ December 1994 82,605,591.04 March 1995 287,507,542.46 December 1995 1,331,034,983.87 March 1996 1,634,720,318.09 December 1996 2,482,533,141.13 March 1997 2,679,446,118.77 April 1997 2,760,284,924.32 May 1997 2,825,836,637.78 June 1997 2,887,503,891.07 July 1997 3,091,908,110.15 August 1997 3,114,487,001.11 September 1997 3,156,630,166.19 October 1997 3,241,042,171.63 November 1997 3,295,406,525.97 December 1997 3,371,239,929.20 January 1998 3,424,963,487.28 February 1998 3,494,001,941.80 March 1998 3,566,283,713.30 April 1998 3,581,838,932.34 May 1998 3,621,730,875.87 June 1998 3,662,868,840.06 July 1998 3,622,683,546.71 August 1998 3,600,176,763.97 September 1998 3,625,856,354.41 October 1998 3,643,996,449.17 November 1998 3,675,922,548.68 December 1998 3,699,779,063.21 January 1999 3,720,622,264.14
£ February 1999 3,690,763,913.84 March 1999 3,674,391,090.15 April 1999 3,654,442,148.07 May 1999 3,597,958,305.41 June 1999 3,643,790,501.90 July 1999 3,727,414,149.14 August 1999 3,674,846,254.87 September 1999 3,633,431,060.18 October 1999 3,577,737,855.16 November 1999 3,548,123,450.81 December 1999 3,555,159,915.31 January 2000 3,606,015,365.13 February 2000 3,538,843,961.44 March 2000 3,517,510,239.64 April 2000 3,462,415,574.15 May 2000 3,462,758,465.63 June 2000 3,452,278,233.27 July 2000 3,520,071,826.26 August 2000 3,491,337,593.36 September 2000 3,456,847,824.90 October 2000 3,454,308,810.66 November 2000 3,453,248,857.59 December 2000 3,438,497,209.13 January 2001 3,449,489,057.76 February 2001 3,443,899,778.83 March 2001 3,451,862,081.15 April 2001 3,379,873,503.36 May 2001 3,383,786,659.14 June 2001 3,343,002,675.78 July 2001 3,429,428,995.28 August 2001 3,442,375,361.70 September 2001 3,444,322,283.25 October 2001 3,588,850,753.73 November 2001 3,585,150,158.17 December 2001 3,529,771,471.42 January 2002 3,600,098,349.99 February 2002 3,583,110,195.02 March 2002 3,558,834,694.00 April 2002 3,530,051,013.43 May 2002 3,506,452,712.10 June 2002 3,526,563,657.73 July 2002 3,521,439,929.16 August 2002 3,515,822,531.26 September 2002 3,516,289,993.61 October 2002 3,491,224,948.82 November 2002 3,459,295,723.29 December 2002 3,449,453,228.79 January 2003 3,464,925,469.44 February 2003 3,239,330,222.51
§ Mr. WhittingdaleTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what measures she is taking to reduce the amount on the National Lottery Distribution Fund Reserve. [105015]
§ Mr. CabornAt the end of February 2003, the overall National Lottery Distribution Fund (NLDF) balance stood at £3.24 billion, the lowest end of month total since October 1997. In addition, at the end of December 2002, the distributors collectively had made commitments totalling £3.74 billion, significantly in excess of the amount held in the fund. This level of over commitment shows that the money resident in the NLDF does not constitute a 'reserve'.
DCMS is actively working with the distributing bodies to further reduce the amount of money held in the NLDF. It is revising the Financial Directions issued 276W to distributing bodies to allow the more rapid transfer of grants to their recipients. It also plans to issue guidance to all distributors about balance management, asking distributing bodies to publish their own NLDF balance management policies, with targets for future balance levels.
§ Mr. WhittingdaleTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what has been the total amount paid in interest on the National Lottery Distribution Fund Reserve in each of the last five years; and how this money has been spent. [105016]
§ Mr. CabornThe information requested is shown, for the past five completed years, in the following table.
£000 2001–02 182,948 2000–01 220,166 1999–2000 185,857 1998–99 245,189 1997–98 212,556 Section 32 of the National Lottery etc Act 1993 governs the investment of the National Lottery Distribution Fund balance. The balance is invested by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, and the interest earned is added in proportion to the totals available for allocation by each of the distributing bodies. The Exchequer does not benefit in any way from these investments.
§ Mr. RuffleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of National Lottery grants were awarded in(a) Bury St. Edmunds, (b) Suffolk and (c) the East of England. [104802]
§ Mr. CabornAccording to the information supplied to us by the distributing bodies for the National Lottery awards database, the Bury St. Edmunds constituency has been awarded 0.17 per cent. of the total amount of Lottery funding since the Lottery's inception. Suffolk has received 0.70 per cent. and the East of England has received 4.31 per cent. of Lottery funding during the same period.
§ Mr. RuffleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the spending per head of population for National Lottery grants was in(a) Bury St. Edmunds, (c) Suffolk and (c) the East of England in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [104803]
§ Mr. CabornAccording to the information supplied to us by the distributing bodies for the National Lottery awards database, the Bury St. Edmunds constituencyhas been awarded £19.03 per Capita between 1 March 2002 and 28 February 2003. As we do not hold population details for all Counties or Regions we are unable to provide per Capita data for these areas. However, Suffolk has been awarded £5,099,745 in Lottery funding and the East of England £55,560,282 between 1 March 2002 and 28 February 2003.