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WQ.25/2025
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
BY DEPUTY M. TADIER OF ST. BRELADE
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 27th JANUARY 2025 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 3rd FEBRUARY 2025
Question
Will the Minister provide –
- a breakdown of the projected allocation of the 1% revenue spending for Culture, Arts and Heritage;
- the total estimated monetary amount of the 1% of total revenue spending; and
- how much of this funding his Department has been allocated for 2025.
Where the sum received by his Department is less than the full 1%, will he explain where the outstanding amount has been allocated and whether he has asked for the full 1% to be allocated to his Department, and if not, why not?
Answer
The following breakdown of the projected allocation of the 1% revenue spending for Culture, Arts and Heritage (£12,305,000) is as follows:
• Department for the Economy holds £10,552,000;
• Bailiff 's Chamber holds £314,000 (Liberation Day funding);
• CYPES currently holds Jèrriais funding of £612k;
• There is currently a shortfall of £751,000 that is being identified from existing expenditure across the wider government;
• An additional £76k inflationary uplift that will be identified as per the point above.
The total monetary amount of the 1% of total revenue spending across government in 2025 is £12,305,000, that has been identified and ringfenced in line with the budget setting 2025-2028. There is currently work underway to identify and ringfence additional expenditure in line with the £751,000 and £76,000 shortfall, as it is estimated that funding for Culture, Arts and Heritage could be considerably higher than 1% across government.
Within the department for the Economy, the Minister has allocated the following:
• £9,657,152 allocated to grant recipients, of which:
o Jersey Heritage will receive up to £6,517,635 (£6,233,635 as a core grant);
o Art House Jersey will receive up to £1,231,587;
o Jersey Arts Centre will receive up to £762,930;
o Jersey Opera House will receive up to £600,000;
o Ballet D'Jerri will receive up to £370,000; and
o £175,000 is ringfenced for sports travel grants
• £93,438.46 allocated against staff for the costs of administering the £10,552,000 funding
• £618,000 allocated to other expenditure, of which:
- £208,000 will support Jersey Heritage to complete the Elizabeth Castle major project;
- £160,000 will be allocated against various cultural Festivals;
- £65,000 allocated for Cultural Diplomacy;
- £60,000 allocated for Heritage Grants;
- £45,000 allocated for Creative Island Partnership;
- £80,000 allocated for Arts Grants (£40,000 for music, and £40,000 for non-music)
• The remaining buffer of £153,409.54, will be required to support various cultural events such as the Battle of Flowers and Jersey International Air Display.