Arts Council Funding

21 Nov 2014
Ms Diane Abbott MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Arts Council England funding was awarded to organisations in (a) the London Borough of Hackney, (b) London and (c) England in each of the last five years.

Answered by: Mr Edward Vaizey MP on 28 November 2014 Arts Council England has invested the following in the last five years:


   Hackney
   Grant in Aid (£000s Lottery (£000s) Total (£000s)
 2009/10  £7,418
 £2,150
 £9,568
 2010/11  £7,088
 £1,103
 £8,191
 2011/12  £6,616
 £2,713
 £9,329
 2012/13  £7,861
 £5,294
 £13,155
 2013/14  £6,445
 £3,092
 £9,537
Total (£000s)  £35,427
 £14,353
 £49,780

Arts Council funding supports a number of arts organisations in Hackney such as the Graeae Theatre which champions the inclusion of Deaf and disabled people in the arts (which received £ 2,051,208 between 2011/12-2013/14), the Hackney Empire (which received £1,635,357 between 2011/12 and 2013/14) and the acclaimed Punchdrunk Theatre (£599,351 between 2011/12 and 2013/14) which tours and works both in and outside of London.

    London
  Grant in Aid (£000s) Lottery (£000s) Total (£000s)
 2009/10   £190,203
 £44,062
 £234,265
 2010/11  £197,575
 £40,318
 £237,893
 2011/12  £180,966
 £56,656
 £237,621
 2012/13  £188,055
 £143,886
 £331,941
 2013/14  £184,892
 £52,193
 £237,085
 Total (£000s)  £941,690
 £337,114
 £1,278,805

    England
  Grant in Aid (£000s) Lottery (£000s) Total (£000s)  
 2009/10   £411,052
 £144,091
 £555,143
 
 2010/11  £419,878
 £95,571
 £515,448
 
 2011/12  £363,507
 £157,210
 £520,717
 
 2012/13  £434,258
 £316,128
 £750,386
 
 2013/14  £434,944
 £171,275
 £606,219
 
 Total (£000s)  £2,063,638
 £884,274
 £2,947,912
 






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