Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 4 March 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much the Arts Council gave to (a) opera and (b) brass bands in each of the last three years.
The Arts Council makes its funding decisions independently of Government, and DCMS does not therefore hold the information requested. However, the Arts Council has provided the following figures:
Opera | Brass bands | |
2010-11 | 69,748,715 | 75,521 |
2011-12 | 65,850,274 | 289,739 |
2012-13 | 80,919,910 | 362,829 |
2013-14 | 65,862,659 | 550,495 |
2014-15 | 65,009,914 | 531,626 |
Grand total | 347,391,472 | 1,810,210 |
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