§ Mr. Edward DaveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 14 March,Official Report, column 429W, on regional cultural consortiums, if she will estimate the administrative costs for each consortium for (a) January to April 2003 and (b) financial year 2003–04. [104701]
§ Mr. Caborn(a) Each consortium has the following funds available for the period January to April 2003.
Regional cultural consortium £ Eastern 87.116 East Midlands 106,936 North East 88,386 North West 88,497 South East 84,084 South West 96,185 West Midlands 95,543 Yorkshire 86,656 It is not possible to detail the exact expenditure by each consortium for the period in question until the end of the period.
(b) For the financial year 2003–04, each Consortium has a budget of £125,000 and will continue to receive support from staff based within the Government Offices in the regions. As stated in my answer of 14 March, the Regional Development Agencies and the various regional cultural agencies have all been encouraged to help with funding and other means of support.