PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Arts: Yorkshire and the Humber (8 February 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on access to the arts in Yorkshire and Humber region between (a) May 2015 and February 2016 and (b) May 2010 and April 2015.

Asked by:
Naz Shah (Labour)

The Government continues to support the fantastic range of arts in the culture in Yorkshire and the Humber through its public investment in the arts, distributed by Arts Council England, as well as investment in cultural projects and programmes including £1.5 million for the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull to support its redevelopment and £1 million to support the Yorkshire Festival which will celebrate the region’s culture this summer.

The Arts Council has provided the following funding to Yorkshire during the dates specified:

Funding Year	Total
2015/2016: 1st April - 8 Feb 2016	£46,399,085

Funding Year	Total
2010/2011	£36,013,760
2011/2012	£47,661,513
2012/2013	£64,126,617
2013/2014	£46,717,549
2014/2015	£53,628,743

Answered by:
Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Conservative)
15 March 2016