Brass Bands: Finance

Jeff Ennis
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Arts Council England awarded in grants to brass bands in each of the last five years.

Barbara Follett
Arts Council England have advised that they have awarded grants to brass bands in each of the last five years as follows:

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|       |Grants for the arts|Regularly funded organisations|Total  |
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|2004-05|139,479            |31,115                        |170,594|
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|2005-06|95,901             |31,642                        |132,358|
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|2006-07|89,300             |22,240                        |116,470|
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|2007-08|24,362             |22,850                        |49,612 |
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|2008-09|116,908            |23,467                        |140,375|
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