Arts: East of England Nadine Dorries To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) visual arts, (b) musical arts, (c) music festivals, (d) public art, (e) art galleries, (f) the development of local artists and (g) theatrical arts in (i) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (ii) the East of England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. Barbara Follett Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England. It distributes public money from Government and the national lottery. Arts Council England advises that it has allocated funding as set out in the following tables. Regularly Funded Organisations Arts Council England’s portfolio of Regularly Funded Organisations (RFOs) is funded from grant in-aid. In Mid-Bedfordshire there are no RFOs. ---------------------- |£ | ---------------------- |Artform |2001-02|2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08| ---------------------- |Combined arts |401,461|594,376|727,505|762,002|791,557|729,617|746,543| ---------------------- |Dance |289,273|289,151|315,073|397,943|469,412|559,697|593,874| ---------------------- |Literature |102,195|136,323|304,891|320,275|400,762|399,851|410,848| ---------------------- |Music |628,035|888,888|1,151,906|1,691,634|1,584,874|1,859,260|2,145,369| ---------------------- |Not artform specific|275,930|396,258|112,248|467,104|424,535|332,547|286,848| ---------------------- |Theatre |1,863,565|2,301,408|3,014,297|3,142,331|3,215,218|3,431,029|3,567,132| ---------------------- |Visual arts total |804,822|888,107|1,122,257|1,279,136|1,429,332|1,383,999|1,427,390| ---------------------- |Total |4,365,281|5,494,511|6,748,177|8,060,425|8,315,690|8,696,000|9,178,004| ---------------------- Prior to 2002-03, the Regional Arts Boards were independent bodies and they maintained records according to their own systems and requirements. Consequently, limited compatible figures for the RFO portfolio are available for earlier years. --------------- |£ | --------------- | |Mid-Bedfordshire| --------------- |Artform |2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08|Total| --------------- |Combined arts|—|—|—|—|—|—| --------------- |Dance |—|—|—|—|—|—| --------------- |Literature |—|—|—|—|—|—| --------------- |Music |—|—|—|—|—|—| --------------- |Not known |—|—|—|—|—|—| --------------- |Theatre |—|4,023|—|—|—|4,023| --------------- |Visual arts |—|—|—|1,860|—|1,860| --------------- |Total |—|4,023|—|1,860|—|5,883| --------------- -------------------------------------- | |East of England| -------------------------------------- |Artform |2003-04 |2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08|Total| -------------------------------------- |Combined arts |10,278 |63,439|26,473|10,890|—|111,080| -------------------------------------- |Dance |6,533 |66,425|23,715|105,215|14,296|216,184| -------------------------------------- |Literature |88,471 |112,422|109,558|100,438|30,510|441,399| -------------------------------------- |Music |18,494 |69,027|91,338|90,104|7,565|276,528| -------------------------------------- |Not artform specific|6,595 |12,190|250|2,104|—|21,139| -------------------------------------- |Theatre |8,635 |271,080|129,542|55,435|23,500|488,192| -------------------------------------- |Visual arts |176,610 |384,554|245,833|409,560|30,908|1,247,464| -------------------------------------- |Total |315,616 |979,136|626,708|773,746|106,779|2,801,985| -------------------------------------- The Grants for the Arts Programme began in 2003-04. The Programme funds individuals, arts organisations and other people who use the arts in their work. The Grants for the Arts—Organisations strand has always been lottery funded (see next table); the Grants for the Arts—Individuals strand was funded from Grant-in-Aid until 2007-08, and has been lottery funded since then. ----------------------- |£ | ----------------------- | |Mid-Bedfordshire| ----------------------- |Artform |1997-98|1998-99|1999-00|2000-01|2001-02|2002-03| ----------------------- |Not art form specific|—|—|11,080|9,270|37,571|13,643| ----------------------- |Combined arts |—|—|—|—|—|—| ----------------------- |Dance |12,988|—|—|24,000|19,100|21,425| ----------------------- |Drama |4,110|—|—|—|—|—| ----------------------- |Film1 |—|—|—|—|—|—| ----------------------- |Literature |2,610|14,881|—|—|—|—| ----------------------- |Music |5,000|—|—|—|22,293|—| ----------------------- |Visual arts |5,812|—|—|14,150|—|—| ----------------------- |Total |30,520|14,881|11,080|47,420|78,964|35,068| ----------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Artform |2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08|2008-09|Total | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Not art form specific|— |— |— |— |— |— |71,564 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Combined arts |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dance |— |— |— |— |— |— |77,513 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Drama |3,608 |8,440 |— |— |— |— |20,803 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Film1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Literature |— |— |— |— |— |— |17,491 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Music |— |— |— |— |2,736 |— |86,029 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Visual arts |— |— |30,000 |— |— |— |81,962 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |3,608 |8,440 |30,000 |— |2,736 |— |355,362| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- | |East of England| -------------------------------------- |Artform |1997-98 |1998-99|1999-00|2000-01|2001-02|2002-03| -------------------------------------- |Not artform specific|257,544 |621,096|325,664|651,027|893,185|251,530| -------------------------------------- |Combined arts |2,041,492 |337,322|204,541|378,896|10,500,439|1,131,032| -------------------------------------- |Dance |453,456 |262,170|349,742|454,430|532,241|180,225| -------------------------------------- |Drama |723,253 |57,972|1,007,486|1,928,754|5,718,812|426,343| -------------------------------------- |Film1 |— |—|—|—|—|—| -------------------------------------- |Literature |184,325 |44,131|15,128|80,755|85,605|62,303| -------------------------------------- |Music |2,592,408 |527,873|110,398|861,686|1,306,182|1,032,961| -------------------------------------- |Visual arts |1,255,552 |883,710|277,909|723,981|7,333,081|1,320,851| -------------------------------------- |Total |7,508,030 |2,734,274|2,290,868|5,079,529|26,369,545|4,405,245| -------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Artform |2003-04 |2004-05 |2005-06 |2006-07 |2007-08 |2008-09 |Total | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Not artform specific |542,287 |804,261 |482,947 |917,790 |— |265,000 |9,692,340 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Combined arts |1,773,891 |330,942 |555,484 |1,628,380|1,176,606|871,991 |22,770,595 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dance |3,838,119 |248,675 |616,803 |829,575 |439,012 |552,432 |9,060,367 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Drama |808,985 |1,597,754|817,111 |1,343,459|1,248,644|949,637 |26,678,399 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Film1 |33,433 |31,159 |956,949 |85,598 |— |— |1,107,139 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Literature |192,593 |157,702 |141,753 |742,233 |262,299 |442,558 |2,436,077 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Music |5,776,926 |1,420,640|1,483,627|1,025,007|791,925 |1,030,014|24,982,540 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Visual arts |3,705,050 |1,674,378|1,169,885|1,082,195|609,187 |884,593 |22,688,101 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |16,671,284|6,265,511|6,224,559|7,654,237|4,527,673|4,996,225|119,415,558| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Awards classified as Film relate to monies distributed on behalf of Arts Council England by UK Film Council.| | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Figures are for all lottery-funded programmes that ran since 1997, including those organised by the Eastern Regional Arts Board, the Grants for the Arts—Organisations Programme, which began in 2003-04 and the Grants for the Arts—Individuals Programme, which became lottery-funded after 2007-08.