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Culture: Sponsorship

Volume 473: debated on Thursday 13 March 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington of 3 March 2008, Official Report, column 2124W, on Culture: Sponsorship, how much business spending on the arts was in each year between 1997-98 and 2005-06. (193379)

The figures for business sponsorship of the arts are measured in the annual Private Investment Benchmarking Survey conducted by Arts and Business. The survey methodology was changed in 2002-03, and therefore the figures are not directly comparable.

£ million

199-98

115.1

1998-99

141.2

1999-2000

150.4

2000-01

114.4

2001-02

111.0

New survey method introduced

2002-03

164.2

2003-04

152.1

2004-05

155.0

2005-06

154.2

2006-07

171.5