§ Mrs. SpelmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture. Media and Sport what the(a) running costs and (b) total expenditure of each regional cultural consortium has been in each year since its creation. [184981]
Regional cultural consortiums annual expenditure, from DCMS funds £ Regional cultural consortium 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–042 Eastern 388 26,358 31,621 110,150 180,641 East Midlands 857 34,366 15,927 108,880 141,267 North East 1,355 41,855 32,415 92,952 197,326 North West 230 21,995 32,890 93,686 207,915 South East 968 20,229 36,929 30,242 204,862 South West 4,823 33,609 22,043 152,725 205,988 West Midlands 1,613 31,089 6,097 120,100 223,217 Yorkshire 829 29,800 17,326 131,450 208,324 1 The regional cultural consortiums were established in October 1999 2 latest available figures with some amounts still to accrue