Absent Voting
(asked on 6th July 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what funding (1) the National Youth Theatre, (2) the National Youth Orchestra, (3) the National Youth Dance Company, and (4) the Youth Music Theatre UK, receive from (a) the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and (b) the Department for Education.
Government funding between 2014/15 and 2015/16 to the National Youth Theatre Great Britain, the National Youth Orchestra, the National Youth Dance Company, and the Youth Music Theatre UK is set out in the table. Youth Music Theatre UK and the National Youth Orchestra receive funding as National Youth Music Organisations, which is jointly funded through the Department for Education and Arts Council England lottery money.
These figures include total funding provided through Grant in Aid and Lottery funding.
| DFE | DCMS |
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Organisation | Grant in Aid 2014/15 – 2015/16 | Grant in Aid 2014/15 – 2015/16 | Lottery Funding 2014/15 – 2015/16 | *Grants for the Arts 2014/15 – 2015/16 |
National Youth Theatre of Great Britain | £611,538 |
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| |
National Youth Orchestra** | £500,000 |
| £44,441 |
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Sadler's Wells Trust Ltd. (National Youth Dance Company specific)*** | £650,000 | £200,000 |
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Youth Music Theatre UK** | £300,000 |
|
| £37,250 |
* Grants for the arts is the Arts Council's Lottery-funded grant programme for individuals, arts organisations and other people who use the arts in their work. Grants are available for activities carried out over a set period and which engage people in England in arts activities and help artists and arts organisations in England carry out their work
**National Youth Music Organisation funding
*** The funding is paid to Sadler’s Wells as the grant recipient for use specifically for National Youth Dance Company activities