HC Deb 07 September 2004 vol 424 cc1219-20W
Mr. Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much is being spent by the Government on arts programmes in(a) Yorkshire and (b) England (i) directly and (ii) indirectly. [186850]

Estelle Morris

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport does not fund the arts directly, but through Arts Council England, who are responsible for distributing public money from Government.

The following table supplied by Arts Council England provides a breakdown of the allocation of Government Grant- in-Aid, 2004–05.

Arts Council England—Allocation of grant-in-Aid, 2004–05
£
National Yorkshire
Regularly Funded Organisations (over

1,300 organisations receive guaranteed

funding corresponding with the

Spending Review)

280,081,000 21,363,000
Total flexible funds (awards to one-off

projects through an open application

system)

28,000,000
Grants for the arts, individuals (1 April

2004–10 August 2004)

2,988,000 291,000
Total 315,581,000 21,654,000

Mr. Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the government-sponsored arts programmes in(a) London, (b) Yorkshire and (c) England (i) in 2004 and (ii) in the next five years. [186949]

Estelle Morris

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport does not fund the arts directly, but through Arts Council England, who are responsible for distributing public money from Government.

Arts Council England's funding allocations correspond with the Treasury's Spending Review—the current allocations run from 2003–04 to 2005–06. Arts Council England's Spending Plan 2003–06 for Regularly Funded Organisations lists the 1,300 + organisations that receive Government Grant-in-Aid, categorised by region, and is available on their website—www.artscouncil.org.uk

Arts Council England will announce its funding allocations for the period 2006–07 to 2007–08 in 2005.