Speeches

Damian Collins – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Damian Collins on 2015-01-15.

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.

Mr Edward Vaizey

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).