Chi Onwurah – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding BAFTA receives from his Department and its agencies; and what diversity guidance and requirements accompany that funding.

Mr Edward Vaizey

The Department is providing funding to BAFTA of £18,870 in 2014-15 via Creative Skillset to support skills development in the sector.

BAFTA also receives £17.5K from the British Film Institute (BFI) for Film Academy work which is funded by the Department for Education.

Although there are no specific diversity targets attached to this funding, Creative Skillset and BAFTA are committed to improving diversity across the sector and have met their diversity guidelines which are in place for all their funding and initiatives.