Culture Recovery Fund: East Midlands

(asked on 22nd October 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications to the Culture Recovery Fund from applicants in the East Midlands have been (a) received, (b) accepted and (c) rejected.


Answered by
Caroline Dinenage Portrait
Caroline Dinenage
This question was answered on 5th November 2020

The Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) has now awarded over £500million in grant funding to organisations across England. The attached table details the number of CRF applications (a) received (b) accepted and (c) rejected for recovery grants and capital grants by region.

This data does not include applications for which decision-making is yet to conclude, including some applications to the BFI’s Culture Recovery Fund for Independent Cinemas (which closed to applications on 31st October) and some capital grants.

The Government has always been clear that this funding would not be enough to help every organisation, and that it is important there was a robust set of criteria which applicants had to meet. This included applicants being able to show that they have a sustainable, viable plan, and that this funding would help them to continue trading.

Further announcements about CRF allocations will be made in the coming weeks as we provide additional financial support to assist England’s culture, heritage, arts and creative industries.

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