Theatre: Lancashire

Mr. Hoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Government funding theatres in Lancashire received in each of the last five years.

Mr. Lammy
Government funding for the arts is distributed, within broad guidelines, through Arts Council England. The following figures supplied by Arts Council England provide a breakdown of the information requested.

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|£                               |
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|                                |2001-02|2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|
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|Dukes Playhouse                 |261,330|340,000|470,000|481,752|493,796|
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|Horse and Bamboo Theatre Company|67,486|77,609|93,131|106,331|115,960|
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|Nuffield Theatre                |—|10,000|60,000|61,500|63,040|
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|Rose Theatre                    |—|8,000|8,000|8,200|8,408|
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|Total                           |328,816|435,609|631,131|657,783|681,204|
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|£                              |
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|                               |2001-02|2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|
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|Arts Capital Programme         |460,000|—|—|—|—|
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|Regional Arts Lottery Programme|51,097|29,578|—|—|—|
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|National Touring Programme     |—|25,550|—|—|—|
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|Grants to individuals          |—|—|6,581|3,370|9,330|
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|Grants to organisations        |—|—|92,966|149,642|135,515|
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|Touring grants                 |—|—|69,609|5,000|4,400|
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|Total                          |511,097|55,128|169,156|158,012|149,245|
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