Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2016 to Question 21973, on mass media: finance, how much was paid to each recipient.
For the year to 31st March 2016, broadcasting and media bodies will receive the following funding from DCMS:
Ofcom £91,409,000;
BFI £22,225,000;
S4C £6,762,000 (this is 9% of total funding for S4C, the remainder is from the BBC licence fee);
and National Film and Television School £7,078,000.
This is the cash payable to each organisation (as published on www.gov.uk) which totals £127m. The estimated £134m expenditure on page 53 of the Statement of Funding Policy 2015 is based on Government Accounting including depreciation, accruals and other accounting adjustments.