Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding is available from the Arts Council for schemes in Basildon and Billericay constituency; how much funding has been awarded to those schemes; whether the Arts Council has sponsored any events in Basildon and Billericay constituency; and what is the criteria for sponsoring events.

Arts Council England’s £100 million programme, National Lottery Project Grants, is open for applications to organisations and individuals from across England, from north to south and east to west, including in Basildon and Billericay. The criteria for applying are available on the Arts Council's website.

Grants awarded from the Arts Council’s main funding streams within the last 5 financial years (2023/2024 inclusive) are published online and provide details of all organisations that receive funding.They are available in the following locations:

• National Lottery Project Grants
• Developing Your Creative Practice
• Investment Programme (2018-2022 NPO)
• Investment Programme (2023-2026 NPO)
• Cultural Recovery Fund
• Emergency Response Fund

Since 2019, Arts Council England has provided over £5.8 million of funding to organisations in the Basildon and Billericay constituency.