Department for Culture, Media and Sport written question – answered at on 20 July 2023.
Harriet Harman
Chair, Human Rights (Joint Committee), Chair, Human Rights (Joint Committee), Chair, Human Rights (Joint Committee), Chair, Committee of Privileges, Chair, Committee of Privileges
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department will notify the English National Opera of the outcome of its funding application for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 financial years.
John Whittingdale
The Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Decisions made by Arts Council England about which institutions to fund, and by how much, are taken at arm's length from HM Government. As such, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has no role in notifying organisations of the outcome of their funding applications.
Arts Council England has awarded £11.46 million of public funding for the English National Opera for the current year (2023–24) and has set a budget of a further £24 million for 2024–26, with a final decision on the latter sum expected over this Summer.
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