The information requested is as follows:
British Library
DCMS grant in aid funding for the British Library is shown in the following table:
£ million Historic prices Current prices1 2006-07 104.4 107.6 2005-06 102.6 108.6 2004-05 100.6 108.7 2003-04 90.1 100.0 2002-03 86.1 98.2 2001-02 85.1 100.2 2000-01 82.2 99.0 1999-2000 83.2 101.5 1998-99 80.4 100.0 1997-98 87.2 110.8
Public library funding
Government funding is provided to the full range of public libraries through a number of channels. The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) provide funding in support of particular projects and programmes. The funding provided since 1997-98 is as follows:
£ million Historic prices Current prices1 2006-07 33.7 3.8 2005-06 5.1 5.4 2004-05 6.3 6.8 2003-04 5.0 5.6 2002-03 6.1 7.0 2001-02 5.4 6.4 2000-01 1.7 2.1 1999-2000 4.3 5.3 1998-99 0.7 0.9 1997-98 0.5 0.6
In addition DCMS/Wolfson Public Library Challenge Fund funding in support of reading activities was as follows:
£ million Historic prices Current prices1 2001-02 2.8 3.3 2000-01 2.9 3.5 1999-2000 2.9 3.5 1998-99 1.9 2.4 1997-98 2.3 2.9
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has policy responsibility for public libraries but core funding for public libraries is paid to the 149 library authorities in England as part of the Local Government Finance Settlement, administered by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). Local authorities’ net current expenditure on public libraries, as advised by DCLG, is set out in the following table.
£000 Historic prices Current prices1 2006-07 889,382 916,605 2005-06 865,161 915,660 2004-05 825,327 891,388 2003-04 796,169 883,278 2002-03 757,737 864,602 2001-02 704,123 829,326 2000-01 666,206 802,165 1999-2000 644,321 785,987 1998-99 624,388 776,641 1997-98 607,045 771,135 1 Calculated using Gross Domestic Product deflators 2007-08 supplied by Her Majesty's Treasury. 2 Museums, Libraries and Archives Council spend that cannot be directly attributed to one of the three domains is excluded from the table. 3 This is a final figure and supersedes provisional figures supplied to Parliament at a previous date.