Asked by: Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding has been allocated to (a) the arts, (b) sport and (c) heritage from the National Lottery in each of the last eight years for which figures are available; and what the aggregate equivalent figures are for (i) the arts, (ii) sport and (iii) heritage from (A) 2006 to 2010 and (B) 2010 to 2014.
Answered by Helen Grant
The figures are set out in the table below:
GOOD CAUSE | 2006-2007 £m | 2007-2008 £m | 2008-2009 £m | 2009-2010 £m | 2010-2011 £m | 2011-2012 £m | 2012-2013 £m | 2013-2014 £m | AGGREGATE | |
2006-2010 £m | 2010-2014 £m
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ARTS | 213 | 217 | 208 | 205 | 217 | 264 | 363 | 339 | 843 | 1,183 |
SPORT | 213 | 217 | 210 | 215 | 227 | 274 | 368 | 339 | 855 | 1,208 |
HERITAGE | 231 | 217 | 208 | 205 | 217 | 264 | 363 | 339 | 861 | 1,183 |
(NOTE: figures are taken from the National Lottery Distribution Fund Annual Report and Accounts and show total NLDF income allocated to the Arts, Sports and Heritage Good Causes, net of Olympic transfers and operational costs. These are cash figures.)
Asked by: Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what changes to the proportion of National Lottery funding committed to (a) the arts, (b) sport and (c) heritage there have been in the last five years.
Answered by Helen Grant
A. In 2010 the Government announced its intention to revert to the original funding allocations for Arts, Sports and Heritage Good Causes. This saw the proportions shift in two phases from 16.66% to 20% over 2011-2013.