§ Bob RussellTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which art galleries, broken down by region, have received funding from arts councils in each of the last five financial years for which figures are available; and how much funding was granted in each case. [187978]
§ Estelle MorrisOver 1,300 arts organisations receive funding from Arts Council England on an on-going basis. The Arts Council has a funding agreement with these organisations which is reviewed regularly to ensure the funds invested are meeting the terms of the agreement. Regular funding to arts organisations is paid out of grant-in-aid.
In total, 245 Visual Arts organisations receive core funding from Arts Council England. The full list is too long to be printed in Hansard, but copies have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses. A breakdown of funding by region is provided in the following table. Regularly funded organisations are awarded funding towards core costs for the period mirroring the Treasury's spending review cycle. The most recent announcement of allocations to Regularly Funded Organisations was made in March 2003, and provides funding up to 2005–06.
Visual Arts Organisations—total by region Region 2003–04 (£) 2004–05 (£) 2005–06 (£) Total number of organisations East 1,077,076 1,214,727 1,349,332 13 East Midlands 604,850 809,688 952,036 17 London 10,973,477 12,392,161 13,809,144 60 National 395,570 392,000 526,382 5 North East 1,621,016 1,898,894 2,329,783 23 North West 2,025,674 2,618,336 3,008,199 24 South East 2,634,428 2,854,981 3,069,174 29 South West 1,644,667 1,895,411 2,191,050 22 West Midlands 2,330,717 2,825,232 2,892,737 30 Yorkshire 1,692,700 2,087,075 2,351,150 22 Source: Arts Council England.