HC Deb 03 March 2004 vol 418 cc963-6W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what grants that fall outside the revenue support grant were made available to(a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley from her Department in each of the last four financial years. [1565091

Mr. Caborn

The information is as follows:

(a) The following grants that fall outside the revenue support grant were made available to Lancashire by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in each of the last four financial years.

Lancashire has received the following grants from Arts Council England in the last four financial years1.

Financial year Number of grants Total amount (£)
2000–01 0 0
2001–02 4 132,000
2002–03 3 65,400
2003–04 14 35,035
Total 21 232,435

English Heritage has offered the following grants to Lancashire in the last four financial years1

Repair grants Heritage economic regeneration

schemes
Financial

year

 Number of

grants offered

 Total Number of

grants offered

 Total
2000–01 6 302,173 5 207,850
2001–02 10 267,386 8 527,411
2002–03 5 256,793 6 299,166
2003–04 5 93,381 7 751,166
Total 26 919,733 26 1,785,593

Lancashire has received the following grants from Sport England in the four financial years1

Financial year Number of grants Total amount (£)
2000–01 5 72,790
2001–02 10 153,340
2002–03 9 135,600
2003–04 5 44,000
Total 29 405,730

In 2001–02, Lancashire county council was awarded £178,000 from the DCMS/Wolfson Public Libraries Challenge Fund for reader development activities in the Burnley area.

Bolton Museum and Art Gallery and the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, are partners in the North West regional hub as part of "Renaissance in the Regions" (the national framework for England's museums and galleries). The North West hub received £160,000 in 2003–04 for "Renaissance", with a further £80,000 from the Education Strategy Fund (which delivers education programmes to school-aged children). The total grant to the North West hub for the period 2003–06 will be £1.42 million for "Renaissance"and £580,000 for the Education Strategy Fund.

Lancashire County Museums Service's textile industry collections are Designated (a pre-eminent collection of national or international importance held in a non-national museum) and have been awarded the following grants through the Designation Challenge Fund since it was established in 1999:

  • 2000–01: £32,693— Development of plans for new displays at Whitakers Mill and improvements to storage.
  • 2001–02: £122,210—Refurbishment and development of the "Spinning a Tale" Gallery, which portrays the mechanisation of the textile industry.
  • 2002–04: £66,749—Improve access to the Designated collections held at Helmshore Textile Museums and Queen Street Mill Museum.

In 2003–04, the North West Regional Development Agency received DCMS funding of £713,000 towards implementing their tourism strategy for the region. Lancashire will be among the beneficiaries of this funding.

Lancashire has received the following awards from the National Lottery in the last four financial years2

Financial year Number of awards Total amount (£)
2000–01 480 21,798,686
2001–02 365 25,691,632
2002–03 537 25,800,444
2003–04 416 25,188,943
Total 1798 98,479,705

(b) The following grants that fall outside the revenue support grant were made available to Chorley by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in each of the last four financial years.

English Heritage has offered Chorley the following grants in the last four financial years1

Repair grants Heritage economic regeneration schemes
Financial year Number Total (£) Number Total
2000–01 1 7,500 0 0
2001–02 2 20,653 0 0
2002–03 2 74,000 0 0
2003–04 0 0 0 0
Total 5 102,153 0 0

Chorley has received the following grants from Sport England in the last four financial years1

Financial year Number of grants Total amount (£)
2000–01 1 12,290
2001–02 1 12,740
2002–03 0 —
2003–04 0 —
Total 2 25,030

In 2003–04, the North West Regional Development Agency received DCMS funding of £713,000 towards implementing their tourism strategy for the region. Chorley will be among the beneficiaries of this funding.

Chorley has received the following awards from the National Lottery in the last four financial years2

Financial year Number of awards Total amount (£)
2000–01 31 169,139
2001–02 42 3,087,645
2002–03 74 5,150,093
2003–04 47 2,352,584
Total 194 10,759,461
1Excluding Lottery grants.
2The data has been derived from the Department's Awards Database and is based on information supplied by the distributing bodies. Full details of each of these projects can be found at: http://wwwlotteryculturc.gov.uk/introduction.asp

Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funding and grants are given for theatres in Chorley. [157977]

Estelle Morris

This is a matter for Arts Council England. I understand that there is currently no funding going to theatres in Chorley though the grant schemes operated by the Arts Council are open to all applicants who meet the published criteria.

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