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To ask Her Majesty's Government how much English Heritage has spent per capita in each of the counties in the east of England in each of the past 11 years. [HL1839]
English Heritage advises that it is not possible to provide expenditure figures broken down by county, only by region. Approximately half of its expenditure is allocated directly to its regions and the following table sets out its East of England spend per capita for the years in question. The figures do not include centrally managed expenditure although a considerable proportion delivers activity in the regions, for example, education, outreach, the property investment programme and some grants programmes.
The proportion of English Heritage's centrally managed expenditure allocated to the East of England region cannot be established without disproportionate cost. This is because many activities are categorised thematically rather than geographically; for example, research into seaside towns or spend on presentation and interpretation at English Heritage properties based on need.
The East of England spend per capita is as follows:
1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 East of England expenditure in £m £6,821,017 £6,333,438 £9,056,567 11,594,625 11,965,960 11,261,277 Population 5,266,915 5,302,028 5,338,722 5,374,972 5,400,463 5,432,729 East of England per capita spend £1.30 £1.19 £1.70 £2.16 £2.22 £2.07
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 East of England expenditure in £m £8,419,438 £8,629,410 £7,819,362 £9,508,487 £11,350,180 Population 5,474,713 5,510,949 5,563,034 5,606,570 5,661,034 East of England per capita spend £1.54 £1.57 £1.41 £1.70 £2.00
Sources:
(1) spend—English Heritage;
(2) population estimates—ONS.