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Barbara Follett: The information requested has been provided by the following organisations. Inclusive of NIC and pensions, the total spent in each of the last five years is:

The Arts Council

£

2003-04

(1)

2004-05

1,047,800

2005-06

1,533,400

2006-07

1,447,100

2007-08

1,501,700

(1 )Figure not available as Arts Council cannot provide information prior to the merger of the regional arts boards.

Sport England

£

2003-04

(1)

2004-05

650,100

2005-06

745,300

2006-07

564,800

2007-08

602,200

(1) Figure not available as the payroll system of Sport England does not pre-date 2004.

UK Sport

£

2003-04

128,800

2004-05

91,400

2005-06

119,600

2006-07

152,300

2007-08

168,800


The Museums Libraries and Archives Council

£

2003-04

(1)

2004-05

219,900

2005-06

202,000

2006-07

213,500

2007-08

367,000

(1) Figure currently unavailable.

English Heritage

£

2003-04

422,900

2004-05

437,100

2005-06

467,400

2006-07

476,600

2007-08

496,900

Note: For consistency, figures are rounded up to the nearest £100.

Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) how much was spent by (a) the Heritage Lottery Fund and (b) the Big Lottery Fund on employing press and communications officers in each of the last five years; [224866]

(2) how much was spent by the National Heritage Memorial Fund on employing press and communications officers in each of the last five years. [227205]

Mr. Sutcliffe: The information requested has been provided by the following organisations for the total spent in each of the last five years.


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The Heritage Lottery Fund( 1)

£

2003-04

266,300

2004-05

272,100

2005-06

255,800

2006-07

283,500

2007-08

262,200

(1) The Heritage Lottery Fund has confirmed that these figures exclude NIC and pension contributions as these could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The National Heritage Memorial Fund

The National Heritage Memorial Fund is the parent body of the Heritage Lottery Fund and shares their press and communication resource.

The Big Lottery Fund( 1)

£

2005-06

470,700

2006-07

477,200

2007-08

583,500

(1) The Big Lottery Fund was established in June 2004. These figures are inclusive of NIC and pensions.

Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many press and communications officers are employed by (a) the National Gallery, (b) the Tate, (c) the Science Museum, (d) the Science Museum Manchester and (e) the Museum of London. [225293]

Barbara Follett: The information requested has been provided to us by the following organisations:

The National Gallery

The National Gallery currently employs 4.4 full time equivalent staff as press and communications officers.

The Tate

The Tate currently employs nine full time equivalent staff as press and communications officers. This figure includes staff in London and Regional Galleries.

The Science Museum

The Science Museum currently employs 3.5 full time equivalent staff as press and communications officers.

The Museum of Science and Industry

The Museum of Science and Industry currently employs 1.2 full time equivalent staff as press and communications officers.

The Museum of London

Although the Museum of London are not a NDPB sponsored by DCMS, they have confirmed that they currently employ three full time equivalent staff as press and communications officers.

Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many press and communications officers are employed by (a) the Royal Armouries Museum, (b) Sir John Soane’s Museum, (c) Chatham Historic Dockyard and (d) the Wallace Collection. [225294]


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Barbara Follett: The information requested has been provided to us by the following organisations:

The Royal Armouries

The Royal Armouries currently employs one full-time equivalent member of staff on press and communications.

Sir John Soane’ s Museum

Sir John Soane’s Museum does not employ any staff as press and communications officers.

Chatham Historic Dockyard

Chatham Historic Dockyard is not an NDPB of DCMS. However, they have confirmed that they currently employ one full-time equivalent member of staff on press and communications.

The Wallace Collection

The Wallace collection currently employs 1.5 full-time equivalent staff as press and communications officers.

Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much (a) the British Library, (b) the British Museum, (c) the Geffrye Museum, (d) the Horniman Museum and (e) the Imperial War Museum spent on press and communications officers in each of the last five years. [225756]

Barbara Follett: The information requested has been provided by the following organisations. Inclusive of NIC and pensions, the total spent in each of the last five years is:

The British Library

£

2003-04

229,300

2004-05

147,100

2005-06

247,400

2006-07

262,700

2007-08

283,100


The British Museum

£

2003-04

35,700

2004-05

54,800

2005-06

54,300

2006-07

83,600

2007-08

104,000


The Geffrye Museum

£

2003-04

53,200

2004-05

61,100

2005-06

61,000

2006-07

52,600

2007-08

62,700


The Horniman Museum

£

2003-04

24,800

2004-05

25,500

2005-06

26,300

2006-07

27,000

2007-08

28,000


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The Imperial War Museum( 1)

£

2003-04

87,000

2004-05

108,000

2005-06

129,000

2006-07

166,000

2007-08

171,000

(1) These figures represent the spend on staff across all five Imperial War Museum branches (IWM London, IWM North, IWM Duxford, HMS Belfast, Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms). Note: For consistency, figures are rounded up to the nearest £100.

Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent on employing press and communications officers in (a) his Department, (b) its non-departmental public bodies and (c) its agencies in each of the last three years. [239612]

Barbara Follett: The total cost of employing press and communications officers of the Department for the last three-years is as follows:

DCMS press officers

£

2005-06

(1)550,124

2006-07

(1)733,412

2007-08

(1)682,858

(1) This includes press officers working on the Olympics.

DCMS communications o fficers


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