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Dateline:
15th July, 2002
Nothing for the Arts in the CSR
As expected, there was no mention of the arts in the government's Comprehensive
Spending Review announced today by Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon
Brown,
Also in line with expectations is the fact that the main beneficiary
of the CSR will be education, which is to receive an extra £12.8
billion over the next three years.
The Comprehensive Spending Review sets out the government's spending
priorities over a three year period. According to Gordon Brown, the
UK is on track to meet all its fiscal targets as set out in previous
budgets and so public spending will increase from the current level
of £240bn
- to £263bn in 2003/4
- to £289bn in 2004/5
- to £310bn in 2005/6
Education
Spending on education will increase by £12.8bn over
the three year period, going up by 6% a year.
- Each secondary school will receive an extra £50,000
- Each primary school will receive an extra £10,000
- The school building budget (for new build and repairs) will increase
by £2.25bn
- The per pupil payment to schools will increase from £2,700
to £4,900 by 2005/6
- The schools' science budget will increase by 10%
- The government will create an national Centre for Excellence in
Science Teaching
- 1,400 secondary schools will be an extra £125,000 as a "leadership
incentive grant" to attract teachers with management skills
- By October 2004 there will be nursery places for all 3/4 year olds
who need them
Other
- The public housing budget will increase by £1.6bn
- Defence spending is to rise from £23.9bn to £32.8bn
- The Foreign Office's budget will rise by £0.2bn
- The Home Office's budget (for the police, for example) rises to
£13.2bn, almost £3bn up
- The transport budget will rise from £7.7bn to £11.6bn
- The budget for sustainable farming and flood defences will rise
from £2.5bn to £2.9bn
- An extra £38m will be made available in 2005/6 for sustainable
energy initiatives
- "Sure Start", an education/social services scheme aimed
at the poorest families, will expand to cover 400,000 children
This spending is in addition to current levels for all other sectors,
including health and the arts.
A
Late Addition
After the fuss and furore of the first announcements died down, it
emerged that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will receive
an additional £75m over the next three years, which will amount
to a real terms increase of 16%. Some of that will go directly to the
Arts Council fo England for distribution.
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