Written question asked by Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 21 November 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 November 2008. It was answered by Barbara Follett (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 November 2008 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Arts: Schools

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding was provided to the Artsmark scheme in each of the last five years; what proportion of schools have been accredited; and what the scheme's budget is for each year for which projections have been made.

Answer

The information requested, provided by Arts Council England, is set out in the following tables.

£
	Funding for Artsmark	Projected budget for Artsmark
2003-04	657,979	—
2004-05	854,977	—
2005-06	550,575	—
2006-07	564,950	—
2007-08	634,000	—
2008-09	—	640,000
2009-10	—	640,000
2010-11	—	640,000

	Number of awards	Percentage of schools accredited¹,²
2001	376	1.67
2002	564	2.51
2003	782	3.48
2004	1,118	4.98
2005	1,166	5.19
2006	1,226	4.87
2007	1,441	5.72
2008	1,438	5.71
¹ Based on 22,457 schools in England; updated to 25,179 schools from January 2006.
² Accreditation of a school lasts for three years.

Secondary information