Question reference: S5W-36252
- Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 12 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 22 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided to support (a) the V&A Dundee, (b) the Dundee Rep Theatre and (c) Dundee’s cultural and tourism organisations in each year since 2016.
Answer
(a) Scottish Government provides direct resource funding to the V&A Dundee, since 2016 this has been £7.9 million, which includes £1 million of emergency Covid-19 funding provided in 2020. Scottish Government also provided in total £37.6 million towards the project build. This was composed of £25 million in direct capital, £5.5 million of which was between 2016-18, and £12.6 million Growth Accelerator funding.
(b) the Dundee Rep Theatre does not receive direct support from Scottish Government, but support is allocated via Creative Scotland. The Dundee Rep has received 5 awards from Creative Scotland since 2016 (including Regular Funding) totalling just over £6.0 million. £480,000 of this was Covid-19 emergency funding from the Performing Arts Venue Relief Fund.
(c) Scottish Government does not usually provide direct support to other Dundee cultural and tourism organisations. Support is normally allocated via Creative Scotland, Museums Galleries Scotland and Visit Scotland, and all funding decisions are made independently by these funding organisations. Figures provided by Creative Scotland show they have allocated over £11.6 million since 2016 to Dundee based projects and organisations. This includes £78,000 in Covid-19 emergency funding awarded through the Performing Arts Venue Relief Fund. Figures from Museums Galleries Scotland show that over £900,000 has been allocated by them to Dundee based museums since 2016, including £485,000 of Covid-19 emergency support through the Museums Recovery and Resilience Fund.
In addition, in 2020 the Scottish Government provided over £1 million in emergency Covid-19 funding to Dundee based cultural and tourism organisations, through a number of Covid-19 funding schemes. This includes £547,000 to creative industries and tourism and hospitality businesses from the Pivotal Enterprise Resilience Fund, £318,000 through the Culture Organisations and Venues Recovery Fund, and £232,000 through the Creative, Tourism and Hospitality Enterprises Hardship Fund.