§ Bob RussellTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many proposed new visual arts facilities her Department has been advised of since 1 January 1998; in which cities and towns they are located; and how much public funding was given in each case. [167286]
§ Estelle MorrisArts Council England has awarded over £175 million of lottery capital funds to new and existing visual arts projects since 1 January 1998. Details of individual awards are set out in the tables.
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Table 1: Completed visual arts projects Organisation name Location Approved amount (£) Yorkshire ArtSpace Society Ltd. Sheffield 3,776,310 Lowry Salford 51,000,000 Spike Island Artspace Ltd. Bristol 935,000 Tate Gallery Projects Ltd. London 6,200,000
Table 2: Visual arts projects under construction Organisation name Location Approved amount (£) Combined Art Gallery and Craft Centre for Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 4,500,000 Hampshire Arts Centre Basingstoke and Havant 500,000 Colchester Arts Centre Colchester 5,000,000 Creative Art House Doncaster 1,000,000 Derby Playhouse Derby 2,500,000 Spike Island Bristol 750,000 Eastbourne Regional Cultural Quarter Eastbourne 2,000,000 INIVA/Association of Black Photographers London 5,000,000 Stroud Valley Artspace Gloucestershire 580,000 Wysing Arts Cambridge 780.000
Table 3: Visual arts projects not yet to be started Organisation name Location Approved amount (£)
Turner Centre Margate 4,100,000 Future Factory and Angel Row Nottingham 5,000,000 ACME Studios London 2,000,000 Whitechapel Art Gallery London 500,000 Waygood Gallery Newcastle 750,000 Storey Gallery Lancaster 693,600 Newlyn Art Gallery Penzance 1,200,000 Sherborne House Sherborne 288,860 Centre for Creative Arts Wakefield 4,000.000
§ Bob RussellTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what measures she has taken to check projections of visitor number attendances at the new visual arts facilities against the actual figures; and if she will make a statement. [167287]
§ Estelle MorrisArts Council England rigorously assesses projections of visitor numbers contained in all applications made to it for capital grants. The Arts Council also monitors all regularly funded organisations, including those receiving capital funding, through an annual, covering attendances in the previous financial year and the projected attendances in the current year.