Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department has provided for (a) museums and (b) heritage in (i) the East Midlands and (ii) Nottinghamshire in each of the last three years.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
This Government continues to support heritage and arts projects across the East Midlands and Nottinghamshire through its arms length bodies, including Nottingham’s historic Lace Markets' Galleries of Justice Museum, which was awarded £1m from Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to carry out major redevelopment.
Since 2012, the HLF has given more than £80m to the East Midlands and £6.7m to Nottinghamshire. Figures for 2015/16 are not yet available. Through Arts Council England, nearly £7m has been provided for museums in the East Midlands and over £1.6m for museums in Nottinghamshire, including the City of Nottingham, in the last three years.
Over the same period, Historic England has given over £3m to the East Midlands, and more than £375,000 to Nottinghamshire. Party of this funding supported a project, in partnership with Bassetlaw District Council and Nottinghamshire County Council, to repair and reinstate historic features in the Tuxford Conservation Area - which led to it being remove from the 'at risk' register.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received from Nottinghamshire County Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund on the proposed closure of the DH Lawrence Heritage Centre in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.
Answered by David Evennett
To date, the department has not received any representations from Nottinghamshire County Council or the Heritage Lottery Fund on this matter.
An options study into the future of the Centre, funded by Arts Council England, is currently being carried out. The Heritage Lottery Fund will continue discussions with the owners, Broxtowe Borough Council, and Arts Council England once this study is complete.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many local authority-owned museums have closed down in each of the last three years.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Neither DCMS nor Arts Council England holds information on museums closures. However, there are just under 1800 accredited museums.
Thanks to an excellent Spending Review settlement in November 2015, the Government is honouring its manifesto commitment to keep entry to the permanent collections of our national museums free.
Through the Arts Council England, DCMS is increasing funding for 21 Major Partner Museums from £20.3m to £22.6 million. In addition to this, regional museums can bid for funds from ACE's £10 million per year Resilience Fund. They can also bid for lottery funding from the HLF. We are also investing millions of pounds to boost local and regional museums, for example, £5 million towards a new South Asia Gallery at Manchester Museum and £2.5 million to the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on sport in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire, (c) East Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
Figures in the first three tables below (for Ashfield, Nottinghamshire and East Midlands) show Sport England direct investment in local projects in these areas only. The figures in the final table (for England) include additional money being spent on grassroots sports by national governing bodies and other national partners in which Sport England is investing to get more people playing sport across England.
Ashfield awards (both Exchequer and National Lottery investment)
Financial Year | Total (£) |
2010/2011 | 15,748 |
2011/2012 | 13,480 |
2012/2013 | 68,792 |
2013/2014 | 2,360 |
2014/2015 | 60,000 |
Total | 160,380 |
Nottinghamshire awards (both Exchequer and National Lottery investment)
Financial Year | Total (£) |
2010/2011 | 1,399,537 |
2011/2012 | 2,187,292 |
2012/2013 | 2,551,077 |
2013/2014 | 4,427,169 |
2014/2015 | 3,712,752 |
Total | 14,994,369 |
East Midlands awards (both Exchequer and National Lottery investment)
Financial Year | Total (£) |
2010/2011 | 6,230,847 |
2011/2012 | 10,221,762 |
2012/2013 | 12,723,793 |
2013/2014 | 10,780,211 |
2014/2015 | 21,822,545 |
Total | 61,779,158 |
England total awards (both Exchequer and National Lottery investment, and all investment in National Governing Bodies)
Financial Year | Total (£) |
2010/2011 | 173,624,416 |
2011/2012 | 235,770,284 |
2012/2013 | 199,462,828 |
2013/2014 | 402,635,902 |
2014/2015 | 312,592,975 |
Grand Total | 1,324,086,405 |
These are the most up-to-date figures. Awards are updated each quarter with new commitments, decommitments and adjustments. Delivery postcodes are also, on occasion, updated to be more accurate. This is why there are differences in the figures for the PQ above and the answer given to PQ 169026 from Gloria De Piero MP of 8 October 2013.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent under each budget sub-head in Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
My Department does not generally record expenditure by constituency and this information could only be provided at disproportionate cost. However, it is possible to state the amounts paid to churches in Ashfield under the Listed Places of Worship grant scheme, which are as follows.
Year to 31 March
2015 10,340.20
2014 347.95
2013 43,921.29
2012 449.35
2011 3,095.13
Total £58,153.92
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Ashfield of 1 June 2015 on superfast broadband in Lilley Close, Selston, Nottinghamshire.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
A reply has been sent.