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Regional Arts Councils

Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many staff were employed by each regional arts council in each year since 1997; what the budget of each council was in each year; and what proportion of the budget was allocated to administrative costs for each council in each year, broken down by (a) pay and (b) other costs. [183171]

Estelle Morris: Information requested by the hon. Member is contained in the table supplied by the Arts Council of England.

We are waiting for the figures for 2002–03 from Arts Council England.
 
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Summary of RAB administration and overhead costs as a percentage of expenditure

	East England Arts	East Midland Arts Board	London Arts
1997–98
Staffing and related costs	908,331	715,999	1,288,960
Other administration costs	397,861	306,999	859,400
Total administration and overheads	1,306,192	1,022,998	2,148,360
Total expenditure	5,921,244	5,168,319	14,872,438
Admin and overheads as percentage of total expenditure	22	20	14
Average number of staff	41	36	44
1998–99
Staffing and related costs	992,060	761,453	1,251,771
Other administration costs	364,820	360,851	715,972
Total administration and overheads	1,356,880	1,122,304	1,967,743
Total expenditure	5,639,774	5,365,203	14,811,118
Admin and overheads as percentage of total expenditure	24	21	13
Average number of staff	41	45	42
1999–2000
Staffing and related costs	1,146,055	1,111,490	1,430,902
Other administration costs	481,393	563,177	898,938
Total administration and overheads	1,627,448	1,674,667	2,329,840
Total expenditure	6,293,572	7,006,544	16,015,916
Admin and overheads as percentage of total expenditure	26	24	15
Average number of staff	41	58	45
2000–01
Staffing and related costs	1,125,998	1,266,225	1,826,186
Other administration costs	524,561	422,850	1,585,469
Total administration and overheads	1,650,559	1,689,075	3,411,655
Total expenditure	7,000,460	9,088,237	29,407,937
Admin and overheads as percentage of total expenditure	24	19	12
Average number of staff	38	58	65
2001–02
Staffing and related costs	1,187,428	1,111,243	2,188,180
Other administration costs	783,951	491,389	1,526,516
Total administration and overheads	1,971,379	1,602,632	3,714,696
Total expenditure	12,197,680	11,534,548	34,785,603
Admin and overheads as percentage of total expenditure	16	14	11
Average number of staff	42	59	69

	Northern Arts Board	North West Arts Board	Southern Arts Board
1997–98
Staffing and related costs	831,749	933,757	825,751
Other administration costs	359,394	534,109	326,794
Total administration and overheads	1,191,143	1,467,866	1,152,545
Total expenditure	7,891,794	11,219,265	4,503,999
Admin and overheads as percentage of total expenditure	15	13	26
Average number of staff	36	46	33
1998–99
Staffing and related costs	845,136	1,007,910	865,136
Other administration costs	308,273	540,287	349,349
Total administration and overheads	1,153,409	1,548,197	1,214,485
Total expenditure	8,267,016	10,078,239	5,079,650
Admin and overheads as percentage of total expenditure	14	15	24
Average number of staff	37	46	33
1999–2000
Staffing and related costs	932,376	1,100,443	955,265
Other administration costs	372,542	585,497	491,926
Total administration and overheads	1,304,918	1,685,940	1,447,191
Total expenditure	9,405,899	11,546,441	5,819,415
Admin and overheads as percentage of total expenditure	14	15	25
Average number of staff	37	51	38
2000–01
Staffing and related costs	984,456	1,215,298	1,119,967
Other administration costs	525,242	690,331	375,388
Total administration and overheads	1,509,698	1,905,629	1,495,355
Total expenditure	13,066,717	20,406,256	10,306,390
Admin and overheads as percentage of total expenditure	12	9	15
Average number of staff	38	53	38
2001–02
Staffing and related costs	1,021,101	1,347,878	1,425,184
Other administration costs	571,021	687,347	387,988
Total administration and overheads	1,592,122	2,035,225	1,813,172
Total expenditure	15,655,706	24,416,660	12,789,879
Admin and overheads as percentage of total expenditure	10	8	14
Average number of staff	38	55	40

 
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	South East Arts Board	South West Arts Board	West Midlands Arts Board	Yorkshire Arts Board
1997–98
Staffing and related costs	726,399	665,597	1,002,117	885,370
Other administration costs	289,395	411,237	220,610	347,252
Total administration and overheads	1,015,794	1,076,834	1,222,727	1,232,622
Total expenditure	3,615,520	5,238,197	6,822,659	7,774,146
Admin and overheads as percentage of total expenditure	28	21	18	16
Average number of staff	30	33	42	40
1998–99
Staffing and related costs	771,084	675,165	1,061,746	948,554
Other administration costs	362,321	603,399	215,600	366,634
Total administration and overheads	1,133,405	1,278,564	1,277,346	1,315,188
Total expenditure	3,761,861	5,297,039	7,000,927	8,021,625
Admin and overheads as percentage of total expenditure	30	24	18	16
Average number of staff	31	33	42	44
1999–2000
Staffing and related costs	1,032,689	865,865	1,270,866	1,027,526
Other administration costs	441,841	977,976	209,971	437,317
Total administration and overheads	1,474,530	1,843,841	1,480,837	1,464,843
Total expenditure	4,398,127	6,183,189	8,145,266	8,814,294
Admin and overheads as percentage of total expenditure	34	30	18	17
Average number of staff	40	42	46	45
2000–01
Staffing and related costs	1,139,559	1,076,325	1,122,211	1,108,738
Other administration costs	466,581	385,060	452,053	440,048
Total administration and overheads	1,606,140	1,461,385	1,574,264	1,548,786
Total expenditure	6,475,350	8,566,878	13,164,245	12,095,054
Admin and overheads as percentage of total expenditure	25	17	12	13
Average number of staff	43	43	45	44
2001–02
Staffing and related costs	1,216,326	1,215,465	1,212,588	1,193,129
Other administration costs	855,379	459,106	580,131	508,643
Total administration and overheads	2,071,705	1,674,571	1,792,719	1,701,772
Total expenditure	9,545,804	11,053,922	15,412,082	14,132,920
Admin and overheads as percentage of total expenditure	22	15	12	12
Average number of staff	42	42	50	42

Notes:
1. The figure for total administration and overheads includes staffing, premises, travel and subsistence, legal and company costs. It excludes everything which may be considered to be direct arts spend.
2. All figures are taken from RAB audited accounts
3. From 2001–02 onwards RABs were set up as delegate bodies for distribution of NLDF funds hence their increase in total expenditure in 2000–01 and 2001–02.

Travel Costs

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the travel costs were of civil servants in (a) her Department and (b) its related agencies in each year since 1997. [183897]

 
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Mr. Caborn: All official travel is undertaken in accordance with the rules contained in the Civil Service Management Code and the Department's staff handbook.

The table shows expenditure on travel and subsistence combined by civil servants in the Department and its agency, the Royal Parks from, 1997–98 to 2003–04.
 
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An analysis on travel only is not recorded on the Department's accounting system and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
£

Financial year	DCMS	Royal parks
2003–04(7)	429,615.97	37,771
2002–03	479,690.78	40,833
2001–02	411,227.86	26,015
2000–01	366,112.06	20,132
1999–2000	362,767.76	19,854
1998–99	252,990.17	27,298
1997–98	256,166.64	41,434

⁽⁷⁾ FY 2003–04 costs are provisional pending finalisation of Department's and RPA's annual accounts.

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