Guidance

Arts Council England policy directions for the National Lottery

Directions issued to the Arts Council of England under Section 26(1) of the National Lottery Etc. Act 1993

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皇冠体育appse are directions issued by DCMS to the Arts Council of England. 皇冠体育app Arts Council is given these directions as it is a distributor of National Lottery grants.

DCMS sets the policy and financial framework within which the distributing bodies for National Lottery grants must operate. 皇冠体育app Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport issues policy and financial directions to the English and UK-wide lottery-distributing bodies, apart from the Big Lottery Fund.

皇冠体育app Minister for the Cabinet Office issues policy directions to the Big Lottery Fund. 皇冠体育appse policy directions set the framework within which the distributing bodies operate. 皇冠体育appse include considerations relating to:

  • who can receive funding
  • what the funding can used for
  • the conditions the distribution body must meet

皇冠体育app financial directions relate to financial propriety and efficiency. 皇冠体育appy are designed to secure the proper management and control by a distributing body of the lottery funds available to it.

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Published 9 November 2007

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