Question
Asked by
To ask Her Majesty's Government what grant was given to art galleries in Merseyside in 2007 and 2008; and how it was divided. [HL658]
Art galleries in Merseyside that have received departmental funding in 2007 and 2008 are:
Revenue/Capital Revenue/Capital Revenue/Capital Walker Gallery* 1,352,000 1,224,354 1,283,438 Lady Lever* 458,000 432,473 ***511,922 Tate Liverpool** 2,927,260 3,004,615 3,248,851 Total 4,737,260 4,661,442 4,994,211
* part of the grant-in-aid allocation to National Museums Liverpool
** part of the grant-in-aid allocation to the Tate Museum
*** this includes the Department for Culture, Media and Sport/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund grant of £50,000 to Lady Lever Art Gallery.
Arts galleries in Merseyside are also funded by the Arts Council. They inform us that they spent £1,578,600 on visual arts in Merseyside in financial year 2007-08 and £1,710,421 in 2008-09.1
Finally, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport invested heavily in making a success of the Liverpool 08 Capital of Culture events, which further enhanced Merseyside's cultural profile providing short and long term benefits to local galleries.
Footnote
1 It is not possible to divide this figure between individual galleries.