Arts: Lancashire
(asked on 11th March 2015) - 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 funding (a) in total and (b) per head of population was allocated in (i) Lancashire and (ii) Pendle constituency in the last 12 months.
In the last 12 months, Arts Council England has invested the following in Lancashire and Pendle:
2014/15 (YTD) |
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Population (mid 2013): | 1,180,076 |
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| Total £ | spend per head | Total £ | spend per head |
Grants for the arts | £1,238,356 | £1.05 | £187,866 | £2.08 |
Strategic funding | £348,866 | £0.30 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
NPO/MPM | £2,111,107 | £1.79 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Music Education Hubs* | £1,297,347 | £1.10 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Total | £4,995,677 | £4.23 | £187,866 | £2.08 |
*Pendle is also covered by Lancashire Music Education Hub and will receive some benefit from this grant, however, there is no way of accurately apportioning a share from the data currently available.
Projects in Pendle that have recently benefited from funding include the 'In-situ' initiative which includes the Recorded Soul project, Young People in Pendle and Momentum.