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Art: Lancashire

Volume 458: debated on Tuesday 13 March 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Government funding local artists in Lancashire received in each of the last five years. (127117)

The following table shows the Arts Council’s funding commitments to local artists in Lancashire between 2003-04 and 2005-06. Local artists are defined as individual artists living in Lancashire. Grant in aid funding information for individual artists in the years preceding 2003-04 is not available.

Grant in aid (£)

2003-04

41,021

2004-05

134,501

2005-06

83,522

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent on arts projects in Lancashire in each of the last five years. (126151)

The following table shows the Arts Council’s funding commitments to arts projects in Lancashire between 2001-02 and 2005-06. Arts projects are defined as time-limited activities. Grant in aid funding information for time-limited projects in the years preceding 2003-04 is not available.

£

Grant in Aid

Lottery

Total

2001-02

1,116,512

1,116,512

2002-03

424,326

424,326

2003-04

41,021

1,518,624

1,559,645

2004-05

137,511

1,251,303

1,388,814

2005-06

59,514

951,811

1,011,325