PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
British Film Institute: Finance (17 April 2023)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the British Film Institute has received in applications for funding from each region in each of the last three years.

Asked by:
Mike Kane (Labour)

Answer

The British Film Institute’s (BFI) ten year strategy, Screen Culture 2033, sets out the core principle for the work of the BFI to reach across all of our nation.

The below table sets out the number of applications to the BFI for both their National Lottery funding and their government-provided Grant-in-Aid funding, broken down by region, in the past three years (2019-2022). The table also sets out the number of awards given over each of those years, also broken down by region based on beneficiary location (drawn from postcode data, in accordance with the methodology agreed with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport).

Region

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

3-Year TOTAL

Applications

Awards

Applications

Awards

Applications

Awards

Applications

Awards

ENGLAND East Midlands

4,708

5,397

15,043

8,175

5,013

5,339

24,763

18,911

ENGLAND Eastern

7,644

9,247

10,463

12,046

22,533

10,559

40,640

31,852

ENGLAND London

143,213

17,814

138,301

24,541

152,278

18,405

433,793

60,760

ENGLAND North East

1,935

2,301

1,099

2,159

2,705

2,720

5,740

7,180

ENGLAND North West

7,953

6,133

11,773

6,297

18,170

7,155

37,896

19,585

ENGLAND South East

19,484

8,445

20,407

10,630

18,800

11,473

58,692

30,548

ENGLAND South West

9,707

5,520

13,548

8,261

10,341

7,191

33,595

20,972

ENGLAND West Midlands

11,406

6,022

12,375

5,823

5,717

6,714

29,499

18,559

ENGLAND Yorkshire & Humberside

9,088

6,190

9,993

7,247

11,384

7,610

30,465

21,047

NORTHERN IRELAND

10,495

6,253

10,925

5,737

11,281

8,095

32,702

20,085

SCOTLAND

7,618

5,059

5,619

3,841

7,285

5,912

20,522

14,812

WALES

3,399

3,172

4,307

2,345

6,562

3,422

14,268

8,939

Total

236,652

81,553

253,854

97,102

272,067

94,595

762,572

273,250

To note, given the assessment process, applications may be made in one year, and processed or awarded in the following year. Therefore, a direct correlation cannot be established between the applications and awards made in any single year.

Extrapolated from the figures in the above table, the below table further provides the proportion of applications and awards over the three years 2019 - 2022, broken down per region.

Region

Proportion of Applications (over 3 years)

Proportion of Awards (over 3 years)

ENGLAND East Midlands

3%

7%

ENGLAND Eastern

5%

12%

ENGLAND London

57%

22%

ENGLAND North East

1%

3%

ENGLAND North West

5%

7%

ENGLAND South East

8%

11%

ENGLAND South West

4%

8%

ENGLAND West Midlands

4%

7%

ENGLAND Yorkshire & Humberside

4%

8%

NORTHERN IRELAND

4%

7%

SCOTLAND

3%

5%

WALES

2%

3%


Answered by:
Julia Lopez (Conservative)
24 April 2023

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