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Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what resources were allocated to the Queen's Festival in each of thepast five years; and what percentage of the total arts budget this represents. [178525]Angela Smith: The following table shows resources allocated to the Belfast Festival at Queen's in each of the last five years. Thefigures in brackets show the Arts Council's allocation expressed as a percentage of its total expenditure on the arts, fromExchequer funds, in each year.£_________________________________________________________________________________________________.Arts Council of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland TotalEvents Company Tourist Board1999-2000 105,000 (1.4%) 150,000 15,720 270,7202000-01 92,500 (1.33%) 100,000 15,000 207,5002001-02 107,500 (1.26%) 100,000 15,000 222,5002002-03 102,500 (1.49%) 87,955 13,800 204,2552003-04 190,000 (1.73%) -- -- 190,000_________________________________________________________________________________________________.In addition to the above, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland provided National Lottery funding for Belfast Festival at Queen's ineach of the last five years as follows:_________________________________________________________________________________________________.National Lottery funding (£) Percentage of Lottery proceeds for thearts in Northern Ireland (Percentage)1999-2000 100,948 1.222000-01 86,500 0.962001-02 250,444 2.712002-03 101,789 1.192003-04 143,238 2.01_________________________________________________________________________________________________. |