In 2007-08, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) provided Arts Council England (ACE) with £424 million in funding, compared to £427 in 2006-07. Ring-fenced funding was provided for certain schemes as follows: £34.8 million for Creative Partnerships; £0.4 million for Young People's Arts Awards; £0.1 million for Youth Theatre; £4.9 million for the Cultural Leadership Fund; £1.4 million for Cultural Hubs; £1.0 million for other Capital Funds. In addition, ACE received £10 million of grants and donations for specific projects from other organisations.
Annual Review 2008, ACE, August 2008

The ACE funding programme 2008-11 announced an extra £200,000 of investment in the National Theatre to facilitate its Sunday opening programme.
'Excellence, innovation and reach - Arts Council England announces regular funding decisions for 2008-2011' (ACE press release), ACE, February 2008

In 2007, Equity estimated a 23% increase in new works commissioned in theatres in England between 2001-02 and 2003-04. This followed increased investment in the sector as a result of the Theatre Review in 2001.
A Brighter Future: The case for investing in subsidised theatre, Equity, 2007

Government funding for theatre distributed through ACE between 1996-97 and 2005-06 (excluding 1997-2000): £47,899 in 1996-97; £58,612 in 2001-02; £71,669 in 2002-03; £85,501 in 2003-04; £90,692 in 2004-05; £94,937 in 2005-06.
Written response, Daily Hansard, David Lammy, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, 18 January 2007

In 2005-06, 33% of income created by ACE's regularly funded theatrical organisations came from the Arts Council's contribution, a lower percentage than the overall average for ACE regularly funded organisations (RFOs) of 36%.
Regularly funded organisations: key data from the 2005/06 annual submission, ACE, July 2007

In 2005-06, contributed income (from sponsors, trusts etcetera) accounted for 6% of the income of ACE's regularly funded theatrical organisations, a lower contribution than the RFO average of 9% contributed income.
Regularly funded organisations: key data from the 2005/06 annual submission, ACE, July 2007

Seven of the country's biggest venues including Birmingham Rep, Bristol Old Vic, Manchester Royal Exchange and West Yorkshire Playhouse reported increases of 40% in attendance, 85% in new work, 55% in plays commissioned, and 60% in participation in young people's education activities, since 2001 when the Theatre Review prompted an investment of £25m per year in the sector.
Calvi, N., Theatre's big seven unite against cuts, The Stage, 11 January 2007

In 2006, The Theatre Trust estimated that £250 million would be needed by 2018 to maintain the West End's historic theatres, most of which are over 100 years old. This equated to £17 million per year at contemporary prices. Cameron Mackintosh pledged £40 million towards maintenance. In 2003, the Theatre Trusts report Act Now! reported that 40% of auditoriums had poor public circulation and 24% had inadequate or non-existent air-changing systems.
Paying to the gallery, Arts Industry , 19 May 2006