Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport written question – answered at on 29 November 2017.
Scott Mann
Conservative, North Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has allocated in arts grants to North Cornwall Constituency in each of the last three years.
John Glen
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Government public funding for the arts is distributed by Arts Council England. The amount of arts investment provided to the North Cornwall Constituency is as follows:
2015/16: £892,261
2016/17: £826,239
2017/18 (Year to date) £790,334
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