I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Mr. Burstow) by my hon. Friend the Member for Tottenham (Mr. Lammy) on 26 April 2007, Official Report, column 1256W, in respect of museums and galleries sponsored by the Department. The only addition is the opening of the International Slavery Museum (August 2007), part of National Museums Liverpool.
The following Arts Council England funded galleries have opened in the past five years:
Gallery Local authority 2003 Permanent Gallery Brighton and Hove City Council 2004 Apartment Manchester City Council 2004 The Brindley Halton District Council 2004 OVADA Oxford City Council 2004 Study Gallery Poole Borough Council 2005 Colony Gallery Birmingham City Council 2005 De La Warr Pavilion Rother District Council 2005 Mushroom Works Newcastle City Council 2006 Town Hall Galleries Ipswich Borough Council 2006 Workplace Newcastle City Council 2007 Designed and Made Newcastle City Council 2007 Exchange Gallery Penwith Borough Council 2007 Picture This Bristol City Council 2007 Plymouth University Levinsky Building Plymouth City Council
The following Arts Council England funded galleries have closed in the past five years:
Gallery Local authority 2003 Basement Liverpool City Council 2005 Craft Council Gallery Islington Council 2006 Jump Ship Gallery Liverpool City Council 2007 Gardner Arts Centre Brighton and Hove City Council 2007 Norwich Gallery Norwich City Council
Information on local authority, or charitably funded museums, galleries and archives is not held centrally.
[holding answer 17 December 2007]: The following table shows spend on museums and galleries in the west midlands through the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council and its predecessor body:
£ 1997-98 435,181 1998-99 461,413 1999-2000 461,062 2000-01 540,328 2001-02 664,119 2002-03 926,112 2003-04 1,219,000 2004-05 4,264,535 2005-06 5,840,000 2006-07 6,141,168 2007-08 6,133,456 Total 27,086,374
The following table shows spend on regularly funded galleries in the west midlands by Arts Council England since 2002/03.
£ 2002-03 1,386,986 2003-04 1,427,589 2004-05 1,833,982 2005-06 1,819,820 2006-07 2,384,861 2007-08 2,445,594 Total 11,298,832
The following table shows the value of grants given by the DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund to institutions in the west midlands.
£ 2004-05 529,100 2005-06 845,000 2006-07 510,000 2007-08 209,000
Museums are a discretionary local authority service and their core funding is a matter for the 14 single tier and county councils and 24 district councils in the west midlands. The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy's (CIPFA) Statistical Information Service surveys local authority museums and the findings are available in its ‘Leisure and Recreation Statistics Estimates’ publication that is in the House Library.