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Arts: Finance

Volume 486: debated on Thursday 15 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much National Lottery funding Arts Council England has (a) received and (b) distributed in each year since its inception. (245889)

The table shows the total Lottery income and the amount of Lottery money drawn down by Arts Council England for each complete financial year, since the distributing body’s inception. Drawdown from the National Lottery Distribution Fund (NLDF) is used to pay funds to successful grant applicants and meet administrative expenses.

The figures are taken from the NLDF Annual Accounts. Figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000.

Rounded to the nearest £000

Financial year

Total income

Drawdown

1994-95

48,894,000

865,000

1995-96

255,292,000

39,828,000

1996-97

262,109,000

134,147,000

1997-98

293,619,000

316,128,000

1998-99

232,099,000

320,057,000

1999-2000

202,349,000

208,815,000

2000-01

200,113,000

218,912,000

2001-02

207,923,000

218,287,000

2002-03

177,770,000

178,533,000

2003-04

161,124,000

182,631,000

2004-05

169,169,000

219,984,000

2005-06

171,941,000

191,968,000

2006-07

149,330,000

147,152,000

2007-08

151,450,000

151,310,000