Exhibitions: North of England
(asked on 24th April 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they contributed to the Great Exhibition of the North.
This question was answered on 9th May 2019
The Great Exhibition of the North was the biggest event held in England in 2018 and Newcastle-Gateshead welcomed approximately four million people to the city over the summer of 2018.
Government contributed £6m to the Exhibition. Through sponsorship deals and funding bids, we increased the total budget for the Exhibition was £14m.