Written question asked by Louise Ellman (Labour) on Thursday, 12 June 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 June 2003. It was answered by Baroness Morris of Yardley (Labour) on Monday, 23 June 2003 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding has been made available for arts in Liverpool in each of the last three years; and what it is expected to receive in the current year. - Inc table. (Holding answer 17 June 2003).

Answer: Mrs. Ellman: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funding has been made available for arts in Liverpool in each of the last three years; and what it is expected to receive in the current year. [119809] Estelle Morris: [holding answer 17 June 2003]: The following table, supplied by Arts Council England contains the detail for revenue and lottery funding for regularly funded arts organisations (RFOs) in Liverpool. It does not include one-off and project funds. The figures for 2004-05 and 2005-06 are projected figures taken from the allocations announced for RFOs in March this year. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Grant-in-aid (£s) Lottery (£s) 2000-01 4,297,936 558,130 2001-02 4,885,342 1,014,156 2002-03 4,452,667 544,679 2003-04 5,088,990 1-- 2004-05 projected 5,755,739 2005-06 projected 6,290,511 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Not applicable

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