asked Her Majesty’s Government:

Whether public funding is given to artistic projects which celebrate terrorists in the process of committing suicide. [HL4598]

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport funds Arts Council England to invest in the arts. The Arts Council operates at arm’s length from Government, and decisions relating to which arts organisations and projects to support are entirely for it.

Arts Council England makes funding decisions based on quality and meeting its corporate objectives. The Arts Council does not discriminate on the grounds of religion, sexual orientation, race or disability, and each application is judged on its own merit.