Arts Council: Music
(asked on 17th May 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Arts Council spent on (a) opera and (b) brass bands in each of the last two financial years.
The figures for Arts Council England funding for opera and brass bands in financial years 2019/20, 2020/21 are given below.
The figures for each year are broken down into primary and secondary funding and then a total. Primary classification indicates that, in this case, opera or brass bands, was a major focus of the activity funded with the assumption most of this amount went to funding this activity. Secondary classification indicates this was a minor focus of the activity and so it cannot be assumed this full amount of funding went towards this activity.
A small number of projects are classified under both opera and brass bands, so these figures cannot be added together, as these projects would be double counted.
ACE Opera Funding:
Year | Primary | Secondary | Total |
2019/20 | £59,230,322 | £26,335,477 | £85,565,799 |
2020/21 | £61,920,159 | £37,675,988 | £99,596,147 |
ACE Brass Bands Funding:
Year | Primary | Secondary | Total |
2019/20 | £375,339 | £765,573 | £1,140,912 |
2020/21 | £392,670 | £5,132,587 | £5,525,257 |