Current status: Answered by Neil Gray on 17 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding Creative Scotland and, before it, Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen, allocated to projects in the (a) Midlothian, (b) East Lothian, (c) Scottish Borders, (d) Dumfries and Galloway, (e) South Ayrshire (f) East Ayrshire, (g) North Ayrshire, and (h) South Lanarkshire Council areas, in each year since 2007.
The information that you request relates to the funding decisions taken by the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen which existed from 2007 to 30 June 2010 and Creative Scotland which was established from 1 July 2010 which brought together the two predecessor organisations.
These national arts and screen development organisations disbursed Scottish Government and National Lottery funds and operated at arm’s length from Scottish Ministers in the disbursement of those funds.
For the period predating the establishment of Creative Scotland, 2007 to 30 June 2010, the published National Lottery Distribution Fund Annual Reports and Accounts of the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen provide the information that the member is seeking.
The Scottish Arts Council’s National Lottery Distribution Fund Annual Reports and Accounts for the years ending 31 March 2007 to 2010 are available at the following link:
Transparency and freedom of information releases - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Scottish Screen’s National Lottery Distribution Fund Annual Reports and Accounts for the years ending 31 March 2007 to 2010 are available at the following link:
Transparency and freedom of information releases - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
I have also asked the Chief Executive of Creative Scotland to write to the member with the information they hold on this subject since 1 July 2010.