Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 28 January 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Arts Council England spent on (a) grants for the arts, (b) the Cultural Leadership Programme, (c) managed funds, (d) the Urban Cultural Programme, (e) Own Art and (f) its regularly funded organisations in each of the last five years; and what percentage of expenditure came from (i) the National Lottery and (ii) Exchequer funds in each case.
Information is as follows:
Arts Council England expenditure
Arts Council England advises that it has provided Exchequer and lottery funding for each of the categories requested, as set out in the following table.
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How much ACE spent on: | Type | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
(a) Grant for the Arts | Grant in aid (GIA) and Lottery | 73,743 | 83,196 | 92,057 | 45,560 |
(b) Cultural Leadership Programme | Restricted funds(1) | — | — | 4,563 | 5,635 |
(c) Managed funds | GIA | 32,020 | 30,918 | 27,142 | 29,770 |
(d) The Urban Cultural Programme | Lottery | 4,550 | 1,450 | — | — |
(e) Own Art | GIA | 250 | 250 | 378 | 366 |
(f) Regularly funded organisations | GIA | 279,409 | 300,900 | 314,107 | 325,725 |
(1 )Culture Leadership Funds were part of Restricted Funds until 2007-08. From 2008-09 it was brought into part of the core funding from DCMS. |
Percentages of Arts Council Expenditure
Arts Council England has also advised that the above expenditure consists of National Lottery and Exchequer funding in the proportions as set out in the following table:
Percentage of expenditure from (i) the National Lottery and (ii) Exchequer f unds in each case | ||||
Percentage | ||||
2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | |
(a) Grants for the Arts | ||||
Lottery | 89 | 89 | 90 | 98 |
Grant in aid (GIA) | 11 | 11 | 10 | 2 |
(b) Cultural Leadership Programme | ||||
Restricted funds | — | 100 | 100 | 100 |
(c) Managed funds | ||||
GIA | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
(d) The Urban Cultural Programme | ||||
Lottery | 100 | 100 | — | — |
(e) Own Art | ||||
GIA | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
( f) Regularly funded organisations | ||||
GIA | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
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