Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 25 March 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much arts funding (a) in total and (b) per head of population was allocated in (i) Lancashire and (ii) Pendle constituency in each of the last five years.
Public funding for the arts is administered by Arts Council England (ACE) and local authorities. ACE makes its funding decisions independently of Government. Nearly £3 billion will be invested in the arts by ACE over the lifetime of this parliament. DCMS does not hold information on levels of arts funding made by individual local authorities.
ACE has provided the following information:
Pendle | ||||
£ | ||||
Grant in aid | Lottery | Total | Spend per head | |
2008-09 | 83,160 | 22,750 | 105,910 | 1.19 |
2009-10 | - | 800 | 800 | 0.01 |
2010-11 | - | - | - | - |
2011-12 | - | 30,643 | 30,643 | 0.34 |
2012-13 | - | 109,930 | 109,930 | 1.23 |
Total | 83,160 | 164,123 | 247,283 | 2.76 |
Lancashire1 | ||||
£ | ||||
Grant in aid | Lottery | Total | Spend per head | |
2008-09 | 2,331,183 | 758,200 | 3,089,383 | 2.14 |
2009-10 | 2,223,023 | 855,977 | 3,079,000 | 2.13 |
2010-11 | 2,196,762 | 710,119 | 2,906,881 | 2.01 |
2011-12 | 1,938,009 | 5,500,242 | 7,438,251 | 5.09 |
2012-13 | 3,575,238 | 4,664,986 | 8,240,224 | 5.62 |
12,264,215 | 12,489,524 | 24,753,739 | 16.89 | |
1 Includes Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen, unitary authorities. |
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