§ Matthew GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the budget for the Arts Council for 2004–05 is; how much of this budget has been committed this year, and to what projects this money has been committed. [179943]
§ Estelle MorrisThe budget for the Arts Council is set out in the following table.
Arts Council budget allocations-2004–05 Budget £000 Commitment £000 Grant in Aid (GIA): Regularly Funded Organisations 280,081 279,515 Managed funds 28,000 2,919 Grants to Individuals 7,500 1,431 Creative Partnerships 25,000 25,000 GIA administration 23,677 23,677 Total 364,258 332,542 Lottery: Grants for National Touring 10,000 2,679 Grants to Organisations 41,000 7,982 Stabilisation/Recovery of large scale organisations 16,000 16,000 Capital Projects 89,500 89,500 National Foundation for Youth Music 10,000 10,000 Awards for All 7,000 1,790 Lottery administration 18,968 18,968 Total 192,468 146,919 Arts Council England's total Grant in Aid allocation for 2004–05 is £365,455,000.
Arts Council England's Lottery allocation for 2004–05 is £198,200,000. The Lottery budget is based on a cash flow forecasting exercise.
It is not possible to list all of the projects that have received funding for the period 2004–05. For example the Grant in Aid budget supports over 1200 regularly funded organisations.