Speeches

Gloria De Piero – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2014-06-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Arts Council has spent per head of population in Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years.

Mr Edward Vaizey

Arts Council England (ACE) makes its funding decisions independently of Government and as such we do not hold the information requested. However, the following information has been provided by ACE:

Value of ACE awards to applicants resident in ASHFIELD Constituency 2009 2014

Decision Year

Value of Awards

Per-Capita*

2009/10

£9,706

£0.10

2010/11

£9,712

£0.10

2011/12

£13,500

£0.13

2012/13

2013/14

* based on Mid-2011 population estimate (ONS) 101,914.

In addition, ACE made two other awards totalling £3.8m from which Ashfield can benefit