Written question asked by Lord Lansley (Conservative) on Thursday, 19 November 2015, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 3 December 2015. It was answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Conservative) on Wednesday, 2 December 2015 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Imperial War Museum: Education

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much money has been (1) provided, and (2) committed through to 2018–19, from the LIBOR fines to support the Imperial War Museum's educational work; and how that money has been disbursed or allocated by the museum.

Answer: Thanks to my noble friend's work in this area, and the Chancellor's commitment to use fines paid by banks for good causes, £8 million has been committed from the LIBOR funds to support the Imperial War Museum’s education work over the period 2015-2019. The Museum has allocatedaround£2 million for each year of this period and a total of £1.3m has been invested so far in 2015-2016 on ongoing education work. This includes support to the First World War Centenary learning programme with over 3,500 member organisations from more than 50 different countries including universities, museums, schools, libraries, archives, operas, orchestras and local community organisations.

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