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Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Answer

Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of awards made by (a) the Arts Council and (b) the London Arts Board have been directed towards black and minority ethnic groups in each year between 1987-88 and 1996-97. [41359] Mr. Fisher: Figures for grant-in-aid awards from the Arts Council of England and the London Arts Board are not available under the Black and Minority Ethnic heading. However, figures are available under the broader Cultural Diversity heading. Figures for grant-in-aid awards, from the Arts Council of England and the Regional Arts Boards to the Cultural Diversity sector, are available only from 1990-91 onwards. These are set out in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Total Grants Awarded (£) Total Cultural Diversity Awards Cultural Diversity (Per cent.) (£) 1996-97 123,425,000 2,492,000 2.02 1995-96 123,143,000 2,394,000 1.94 1994-95 118,404,000 2,490,000 2.10 1993-94 120,929,000 2,547,000 2.11 1992-93 117,162,000 2,453,000 2.09 1991-92 115,738,000 1,992,000 1.72 1990-91 90,425,000 1,780,000 1.97 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Figures for Lottery awards from the Arts Council of England to the Cultural Diversity sector, which can be clearly identified as awards to black and minority ethnic groups, are set out in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of Total Total of awards Total grants Black/Minority Black/Minority Black/Minority awarded (£) ethnic (Per cent.) ethnic awards ethnic awards (£) A4E Main Scheme Rounds 1-3, 35 4,382,453 278 38,421,000 14 1996/97 A4E Express 65 296,961 2,070 8,437,760 3.2 Capital 1995/96-1997/98 29 1,420,000 1,794 842,000,000 0.2 Film 9.1995/1.1998 11 4,305,853 85 49,485,612 9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. A number of other awards may have been made which benefited black and minority ethnic groups, but in which the primary applicant was not so identified. Figures from the London Arts Board for Cultural Diversity awards, where available, are set out in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Total Cultural Diversity Expenditure (£) Percentage of total grant expenditure 1995/96 2,237,102 17.9 1994/95 2,260,895 18.4 1993/94 1,817,614 19.4 1992/93 1,786,893 19.2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

312 c307-8W; 41359

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Arts Finance Grants Ethnic groups Minority groups Arts Council England London Arts Board

Contains statistics

Yes