Asked by: Diane Abbott (Independent - Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Arts Council England funding was awarded to organisations in (a) the London Borough of Hackney, (b) London and (c) England in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Arts Council England has invested the following in the last five years:
Hackney | |||
Grant in Aid (£000s) | Lottery (£000s) | Total (£000s) | |
2009/10 | £7,418 | £2,150,000 | £9,568 |
2010/11 | £7,088 | £1,103,000 | £8,191 |
2011/12 | £6,616 | £2,713 | £9,329 |
2012/13 | £7,861 | £5,294 | £13,155 |
2013/14 | £6,445 | £3,092 | £9,537 |
Total (£000s) | £35,427 | £14,353 | £49,780 |
Arts Council funding supports a number of arts organisations in Hackney such as the Graeae Theatre which champions the inclusion of Deaf and disabled people in the arts (which received £ 2,051,208 between 2011/12-2013/14), the Hackney Empire (which received £1,635,357 between 2011/12 and 2013/14) and the acclaimed Punchdrunk Theatre (£599,351 between 2011/12 and 2013/14) which tours and works both in and outside of London.
London | |||
Grant in Aid (£000s) | Lottery (£000s) | Total (£000s) | |
2009/10 | £190,203 | £44,062 | £234,265 |
2010/11 | £197,575 | £40,318 | £237,893 |
2011/12 | £180,966 | £56,656 | £237,621 |
2012/13 | £188,055 | £143,886 | £331,941 |
2013/14 | £184,892 | £52,193 | £237,085 |
Total (£000s) | £941,690 | £337,114 | £1,278,805 |
England | |||
Grant in Aid (£000s) | Lottery (£000s) | Total (£000s) | |
2009/10 | £411,052 | £144,091 | £555,143 |
2010/11 | £419,878 | £95,571 | £515,448 |
2011/12 | £363,507 | £157,210 | £520,717 |
2012/13 | £434,258 | £316,128 | £750,386 |
2013/14 | £434,944 | £171,275 | £606,219 |
Total (£000s) | £2,063,638 | £884,274 | £2,947,912 |
Asked by: Diane Abbott (Independent - Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to increase media coverage and commercial investment in women's sport; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Helen Grant - Shadow Solicitor General
Media interest for women’s sport peaked with London 2012 and Sochi 2014 demonstrating a strong public appetite for women’s sport. Broadcasters especially have made significant progress, and their coverage of women’s sport is now around 20%.
Although only a small amount of commercial of investment in sport goes into women’s sport, the push for greater investment is beginning to reap results with companies like Newton, Kia and Nissan leading the way in promoting the commercial viability of women’s sport.
Along with the Women and Sport Advisory Board I hosted the government’s first national conference to explore these issues in more detail, and a report of their work was published on the same day: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-and-leading-sports-charity-host-national-conference-on-womens-sport
Asked by: Diane Abbott (Independent - Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to tackle homophobic abuse in football stadiums.
Answered by Helen Grant - Shadow Solicitor General
DCMS and the FA take matters of discrimination very seriously: any form of racism, anti-Semitism or homophobia is completely unacceptable. We have made good strides in tackling discrimination in sport in this country in the last 25 years but we can’t be complacent and must continue to work on it.
Following the 2012 Downing Street summit on racism in football, the FA are now delivering against a whole sport Inclusion and Anti-Discrimination Plan called “Football’s for Everyone” to build equality and inclusion in football. DCMS welcomes this commitment, and specific initiatives, such as “Football vs Homophobia”. The FA Inclusion Advisory Board reports quarterly to DCMS on the progress made.