Local Museum Funding in Northern Ireland

Max Power made this Freedom of Information request to Department for Culture, Arts and Leisure (Northern Ireland)

The request was successful.

From: Max Power

17 April 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Could you please provide me with details of the total amount of
funding supplied to the Northern Ireland Museums Council, The
Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland
Armagh Planetarium for each of the last five financial years?

Please note that replies which involve attachments in proprietary
file formats (such as PDFs, Word Documents and others) are not
acceptable. A reply which is not in plain text format will be
deemed to be a refusal to answer.

Yours faithfully,

Max Power

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From: Ferris, Campbell
Department for Culture, Arts and Leisure (Northern Ireland)

1 May 2009

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From: Max Power

1 May 2009

Dear Ferris, Campbell,

Please note that in my original request I stated:

"Please note that replies which involve attachments in proprietary
file formats (such as PDFs, Word Documents and others) are not
acceptable. A reply which is not in plain text format will be
deemed to be a refusal to answer."

You have sent me a file, Doc1(2).doc which is a Word Document, a
proprietary file format that is inaccessible for me. Please resend
this as plain text so I am able to read it. If you do not I will
have to request an internal review.

If you have any further queries about this, please do not hesitate
to contact me.

Yours sincerely,

Max Power

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From: Ferris, Campbell
Department for Culture, Arts and Leisure (Northern Ireland)

1 May 2009

Apologies,

I trust that this is the format that you require.

Regards

Campbell.

[1][FOI #10644 email]

Ref: RFI 31/09

29
April 2009

Dear Max Power

FREEDOM OF INFORMATIN ACT 2000

I refer to your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
which provides the right of access to recorded information held by the
Department.

I am writing to inform you that following a search of our records, the
information which you requested is as follows.

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Armagh | | Northern | Northern |
| | Observatory & | Armagh Observatory | Ireland | Ireland |
| Financial | Planetarium | & Planetarium | Museums | Museums |
| Year | Recurrent | Capital Funding | Council | Council |
| | Funding | | Recurrent | Capital |
| | | | Funding | Funding |
|-----------+---------------+---------------------+-----------+----------|
| 2004/2005 | £1.144m | £614k | £352k | £40k |
|-----------+---------------+---------------------+-----------+----------|
| 2005/2006 | £1.140m | £2.239m | £281k | |
|-----------+---------------+---------------------+-----------+----------|
| 2006/2007 | £1.36m | £207k | £300k | |
|-----------+---------------+---------------------+-----------+----------|
| 2007/2008 | £1.35m | £93k | £306k | |
|-----------+---------------+---------------------+-----------+----------|
| 2008/2009 | £1.37m | £135k | £309k | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

You should note that the Department funds the Armagh Observatory and
Planetarium as a single organisation. The split of the funding
allocations between the Observatory and the Planetarium is for the
organisation to decide.

You have the right to request that the Department formally review this
decision within 2 calendar months of the date of this correspondence. If
you wish to do so, please write to:-

Information Management Branch
Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure
Causeway Exchange
1-7 Bedford Street
BELFAST
BT1 7FB

Telephone: 028 90515126
E-mail: [2][email address]

If you are still dissatisfied after completion of the internal review you
may appeal and have an independent review carried out by writing to the:

Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely

Brian Smart
Tel. No: 02890 515008
E-mail: [email address]

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From: Max Power

1 May 2009

Dear Ferris, Campbell,

Thank you for your prompt reply to my request.

Yours sincerely,

Max Power

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