Response 3999335

Response to request for information

Reference

3999335

Response date

12 May 2026

Request

I would like to request the following information:

1. The total amount of money spent by the council on cultural services, activities or buildings for the financial years: 2009/10 to 2024/25 inclusive.
2. For each of the above financial years please provide the council’s total overall budget and indicate what proportion or percentage of that budget was spent on cultural services/activities 

If cultural services or activities are defined differently across departments or reporting frameworks, please included a brief explanation of what is including in these figures for example, museums arts programmes, heritage services. If this request is too broad or exceeds the cost limit, I would be grateful if you could advise how it may be refined. Please provide the information in electronic format if possible. If any of the requested information is exempt, please specify which exemption applies and provide the reasoning.

Response

I am unable to provide the information requested as the information is exempt under section 21 of the FOI Act because it is reasonably accessible to you and the terms of the exemption mean that we do not have to consider whether or not it would be in the public interest for you to have the information.

This data is available as part of the Government Revenue Outturn Data. Please use the link, where you can find the published data for all years. All expenditure and income is categorised and there is a specific category for cultural services.