Arts: Folkestone

(asked on 15th January 2015) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support the Arts Council has given to organisations in Folkestone and Hythe constituency since 2010.


Answered by
Lord Vaizey of Didcot Portrait
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
This question was answered on 22nd January 2015

The Arts Council England has invested the following in organisations in Folkestone and Hythe constituency since 2010:

Year

GIA

Lottery

Total

2010/11

£86,209

£613,928

£700,137

2011/12

£73,279

£129,242

£202,521

2012/13

-

£101,700

£101,700

2013/14

-

£917,909

£917,909

2014/15

-

£137,616

£137,616

Total

£159,488

£1,900,395

£2,059,883

Arts Council England funding supports a number of arts organisations in Folkestone and Hythe constituency including the Creative Foundation (which received £500,000 Grants for the Arts funding for the Folkestone Triennial 2014) and Strange Cargo Arts Company (which received £95,000 Lottery funding in 2014/15).

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