Table 7 Relationship between capital expenditure, free admission and visit numbers
2000/01 2001/02 2002/03
All museums
Extra visits per year compared to 1999/00 4,871,954 5,079,581 7,581,904
Cumulative capital cost of new openings since April 2000 379,216,000 442,216,000 455,616,000
Of which, contribution from lottery 192,967,000 227,967,000 237,967,000
Maximum cost assumption
Cumulative capital cost per year (spread over ten years) 37,921,600 44,221,600 45,561,600
Of which, contribution from lottery 19,296,700 22,796,700 23,796,700
Capital cost per extra visit 7.78 8.71 6.01
Of which, capital cost from lottery per visit 3.96 4.49 3.14
Minimum cost assumption
Cumulative capital cost per year (spread over 25 years) 15,168,640 17,688,640 18,224,640
One third attributable to new visits (see text for explanation) 5,056,213 5,896,213 6,074,880
Of which, contribution from lottery 2,572,893 3,039,560 3,172,893
Capital cost per extra visit 1.04 1.16 0.80
Of which, capital cost from lottery 0.53 0.60 0.42
Additional annual cost of introducing free admission since 1999/00 (a) 27,000,000
Free admission cost per extra visit 3.56
Total cost per extra visit (maximum cost assumption) 9.57
Of which, cost to lottery and DCMS 6.70
Total cost per extra visit (minimum cost assumption) 4.36
Of which, cost to lottery and DCMS 3.98
Note:
a) approximate; includes revenue grant for Tate Modern; see text