Written question asked by Andrew Murrison (Conservative) on Tuesday, 10 February 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 February 2004. It was answered by Baroness Morris of Yardley (Labour) on Monday, 23 February 2004 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was allocated in grants by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts in the last year for which figures are available; and what its operating costs were in the last year for which figures are available. - Inc figures.

Answer: Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was allocated in grants by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts in the last year for which figures are available; and what its operating costs were in the last year for which figures are available. [155148] Estelle Morris: The amount of awards given through NESTA's Fellowship, Learning and Invention and Innovation programmes in the last financial year available (2002-03) stands at £7,271,000. Through their other programmes, including Planet Science and Future Lab as well as £157,000 support for competitions and partnerships they spent £4,613,000. Hence a total of £11,884,000 of support was given by NESTA. This does not include £4,669,000 worth of programme support. Together this amounts to £16,553,000, which is the total support NESTA gave to its programmes. The operating costs for the last year available (2002-03) stands at £1,270,000; this includes a portion of staff salary not tied to the programme support, rent and other costs.

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