Arts: Finance

(asked on 21st November 2014) - View Source

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
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Lord Vaizey of Didcot
This question was answered on 28th November 2014

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

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