AQW 13607/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the amount spent by his Department on arts and creative industries initiatives to support children and adults under the care of the health service in the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
Asked by Sian Mulholland MLA on 19 June 2024
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 19 June 2024
- Answer due by
- 4 July 2024
- Answered
- 3 July 202414 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Spend on arts and creative industries by SPPG and HSC Trusts, over the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust, is detailed below.
| Organisation | Spend from 2019/20 to 2023/24 |
| Belfast HSC Trust** | £2,091,776 |
| Northern HSC Trust | £495,114 |
| South Eastern HSC Trust | £372,326 |
| Southern HSC Trust | £516,709 |
| Western HSC Trust* | £305,495 |
| TOTAL | £3,781,420 |
*Further information on directly held WHSCT contracts is not included in table above.
The total spend of £3,781,420 as shown in the breakdown above, reflects costs incurred by SPPG for contracts held with Arts Care NI and NI Music Therapy Trust. In addition, this total includes contracts held directly, by HSC Trusts, with a range of arts and creative industry providers.
In addition, Belfast HSC Trust have separate spend in respect of Play Therapists in Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children (RBHSC). This information is not included in the table above. Total spend of £2,717,048 in RBHSC Play Therapists across the last five years is set out below.
| Belfast HSC Trust – Play Therapists | £2,717,048 |