Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport written question – answered at on 30 November 2017.
Jim Cunningham
Labour, Coventry South
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport, how much funding her Department has allocated in grants for the arts to Coventry South Constituency in each of the last five years.
John Glen
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Through Arts Council England, Government has invested over £13m into the Coventry South Constituency over the past 5 years (2012/13-2016/17). The table below outlines this funding in detail.
2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | |
National Portfolio Organisations | £ 1,641,102.60 | £ 1,569,376.31 | £ 1,578,179.44 | £ 1,501,557.00 | £ 1,501,557.00 |
Music Education Hubs | £ 295,869.00 | £ 380,991.00 | £ 381,854.00 | £ 498,525.00 | £ 503,817.00 |
Grants for the arts | £ 115,297.00 | £ 192,268.00 | £ 119,007.00 | £ 107,347.00 | £ 218,604.00 |
Strategic | £ 1,355,160.00 | £ 374,216.00 | £ 281,141.00 | £ 209,925.00 | £ 208,000.00 |
Grand Total | £ 3,407,428.60 | £ 2,516,851.31 | £ 2,360,181.44 | £ 2,317,354.00 | £ 2,431,978.00 |
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