Arts: Finance
(asked on 17th March 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Arts Council has allocated to each region of England in each of the last 10 years.
We are clear that the right balance of funding between London and the regions continues to require attention as part of our commitment to build a country that works for everyone. Everyone should be able to access great arts and culture and Arts Council England recently confirmed that the proportion of the national portfolio budget provided to cultural organisations outside London will increase from 2018.
The table below shows total funding by Arts Council England since 2006/07. Spending fluctuates from year to year because of large-scale capital investments; but 2014/15 and 2015/16 saw a larger proportion of spend outside of London than in each of the last eight years.
Arts Council England investment by region 2006- 2016 (full financial year)
2006-07 | TOTAL |
East | £16,062,689 |
East Midlands | £27,377,643 |
London | £232,861,198 |
North East | £29,947,655 |
North West | £45,458,765 |
South East | £28,241,463 |
South West | £26,204,515 |
West Midlands | £65,911,944 |
Yorkshire | £44,221,157 |
Total | £516,287,029 |
2007-08 | TOTAL |
East | £21,437,219 |
East Midlands | £18,444,034 |
London | £212,693,350 |
North East | £24,307,138 |
North West | £38,680,070 |
South East | £25,712,626 |
South West | £30,835,084 |
West Midlands | £66,597,562 |
Yorkshire | £39,600,710 |
Total | £478,307,793 |
2008-09 | TOTAL |
East | £20,919,630 |
East Midlands | £19,869,551 |
London | £233,704,563 |
North East | £29,208,378 |
North West | £36,653,770 |
South East | £31,494,177 |
South West | £29,909,859 |
West Midlands | £66,612,523 |
Yorkshire | £39,584,267 |
Total | £507,956,718 |
2009-10 | TOTAL |
East | £21,038,610 |
East Midlands | £22,251,949 |
London | £236,191,892 |
North East | £72,802,855 |
North West | £53,543,879 |
South East | £26,451,405 |
South West | £27,514,758 |
West Midlands | £62,764,891 |
Yorkshire | £41,784,065 |
Total | £564,344,304 |
2010-11 | TOTAL |
East | £18,537,810 |
East Midlands | £16,928,456 |
London | £238,948,971 |
North East | £59,076,292 |
North West | £31,695,866 |
South East | £28,050,218 |
South West | £31,287,126 |
West Midlands | £61,266,698 |
Yorkshire | £37,692,035 |
Total | £523,483,473 |
2011-12 | TOTAL |
East | £20,423,942 |
East Midlands | £19,967,522 |
London | £238,687,931 |
North East | £40,203,696 |
North West | £41,422,424 |
South East | £27,275,177 |
South West | £30,134,157 |
West Midlands | £69,659,755 |
Yorkshire | £44,855,177 |
Total | £532,629,781 |
2012-13 | TOTAL |
East | £55,865,073 |
East Midlands | £29,584,900 |
London | £325,482,724 |
North East | £42,833,496 |
North West | £56,888,314 |
South East | £62,080,945 |
South West | £45,623,260 |
West Midlands | £70,291,330 |
Yorkshire | £68,883,352 |
Total | £757,533,394 |
2013-14 | TOTAL |
East | £34,266,724 |
East Midlands | £28,838,281 |
London | £234,872,664 |
North East | £32,855,848 |
North West | £72,571,927 |
South East | £41,826,787 |
South West | £42,278,457 |
West Midlands | £66,791,254 |
Yorkshire | £57,979,055 |
Total | £612,280,997 |
2014-15 | TOTAL |
East | £40,536,717 |
East Midlands | £28,186,414 |
London | £328,314,399 |
North East | £37,532,661 |
North West | £63,121,626 |
South East | £63,442,470 |
South West | £62,449,025 |
West Midlands | £119,162,810 |
Yorkshire | £106,236,753 |
Total | £848,982,875 |
2015-16 | TOTAL |
East | £38,666,553 |
East Midlands | £30,082,732 |
London | £219,239,107 |
North East | £33,812,840 |
North West | £70,912,072 |
South East | £39,957,033 |
South West | £49,078,544 |
West Midlands | £56,176,482 |
Yorkshire | £49,112,689 |
Total | £587,038,052 |
Please note these figures are based on hard commitments/reconciled grants and therefore may differ from previous datasets