Written question asked by Malcolm Moss (Conservative) on Wednesday, 28 January 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 February 2004. It was answered by Baroness Morris of Yardley (Labour) on Thursday, 5 February 2004 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 grants were paid by the Arts Council to arts organisations in the past five years, broken down by (a) opera, (b) dance, (c) theatre and (d) other art, and by company. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what grants were paid by the Arts Council to arts organisations in the past five years, broken down by (a) opera, (b) dance, (c) theatre and (d) other art, and by company. [152324] Estelle Morris: The following table supplied by Arts Council England provides a breakdown of their Grant- in-Aid funding by area of activity. £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Grants by area of activity 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Audience Development/New 4,442 5,289 5,151 1,262 493 Audiences Collaborative Arts/Cross 16,541 16,866 42,092 41,711 46,119 Artform Dance 23,236 25,521 17,982 17,634 24,729 Drama/Theatre 27,165 29,987 29,947 30,289 71,670 Literature 1,551 1,707 1,498 1,469 3,408 Music1 43,348 47,790 29,924 29,911 48,549 Visual Arts 5,148 9,599 6,067 5,483 22,279 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The figure for music includes Opera--a separate figure is not available. The same information broken down by Company could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

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