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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2020 to Question 37546 on Charities: Coronavirus, what proportion of the £160 million emergency fund managed by Arts Council England was funded from (a) existing National Lottery and Arts Council England reserves, (b) future National Lottery income, (c) Government funding allocated to his Department prior to March 2020, (d) Government funding not allocated to his Department prior to March 2020 and (e) other sources.

The £160 million emergency fund was funded via the following means; £106million was allocated from existing National Lottery and Arts Council Reserves, £50 million was from future National Lottery income and £4 million of grant in aid allocated by the Government prior to March 2020. No other funding sources were used to create this fund.