In July 2008 the British Council Arts Group announced it would be working in closer partnership with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Assembly's Department for Culture, Arts and Leisure, to develop and display arts and culture from Northern Ireland.
Action Plan for the Arts, British Council, July 2008

It was announced in 2007 that on top of a current annual budget of £10.5 million, an additional £7.55 million would be invested in Arts Council Northern Ireland (ACNI) over the course of the 2008-11 spending period. ACNI had requested an extra £26 million over this period.
Arts Budget 2008-2011, ACNI, January 2008

In the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) annual review 2007, projected identifiable DCMS spending for 2007-8 was 3,024.6 million, of which 87.7 million was to be spent in Northern Ireland. 2,363.7 was to be spent in England, 159.6 million in Scotland, 228.9 million in Wales, and 184.8 million outside the UK.
Annual Report 2007, DCMS, 2007

In 2006, ACNI intended to spend £6.13 per capita, Arts Council England £8.18, the Arts Council of Wales £8.80, and the Scottish Arts Council £11.93. The arts budget of the Republic of Ireland rose to £12.61 per capita. ACNI's budget was frozen at £10.78 million after a spending cut of £272,000 in 2005.
NI's arts bypass, The Stage, 19 January 2006

In 2006, treasury support for artists and organisations in Northern Ireland was projected to fall by £1.5 million during the financial period 2005-2008.
Funding for the Arts in Northern Ireland 2006-2007, ACNI, 2006

In 2006, the ACNI cut its support for the Belfast Arts Festival by 50% to £69,500. Four of the region's theatres had their funding withdrawn following a reduction in ACNI's government subsidy.
Cuts anger in Northern Ireland, Arts industry, 19 May 2006

In 2005-6, of a total identifiable UK expenditure of £2,898.2 million, the DCMS spent £95.9 in Northern Ireland, compared with £2,340.9 within England, £328.7 million in Scotland, £227.7 in Wales, and £139.9 outside the UK. Total unidentifiable expenditure was £2,677 million, leading to an overall expenditure of £5,715.1.
Annual Report 2007, DCMS, 2007

In 2005-6, ACNI received 721 applicants seeking Lottery grants totalling £19,476,245, and made 254 grants, totalling £7,878,472. The Awards for All Scheme accounted for a further 147 awards totalling £539, 284, making the total annual spending £8,417,756 divided amongst 401 recipients.
National Lottery Fund Annual Report 2005-6, ACNI, 2006

Combined art-form projects received the most ACNI lottery funding in 2005-6: £2,157,228 divided amongst 66 awards. Drama projects received the second most: £1,403,456 divided amongst 64 awards, and Visual projects received the third most, £1,288,588 divided amongst 69 awards.
National Lottery Fund Annual Report 2005-6, ACNI, 2006

In 2005-6, Belfast received £4,904,070 of lottery funding, the most of any Local Authority Area in Northern Ireland. Derry received the second most, £961,433, and Down the third most, £621,606. The lowest amount of lottery funding was awarded in Cookstown, which received £3,840 for one project. Belfast received £16.53 per capita funding, the highest of any Local Authority Area. Down received the second most, £10.24, and Derry the third most, £9.35. Ballymena received the least, £0.11 per capita.
National Lottery Fund Annual Report 2005-6, ACNI, 2006

Between 1995 and 2006, Belfast was the Local Authority Area with most ACNI lottery funding expended on it: £35,543,094 or £199.80 per capita. Derry received the second most, £11,965,696 or £116.40 per capita, and Omagh the third most, £4,841,278 or £103.2 per capita. The Lowest recipients were Limavady, which received £148,878 or £4.8 per capita, and Banbridge, which received £177,794 or £4.8 per capita.
National Lottery Fund Annual Report 2005-6, ACNI, 2006

In 2004-05, ACNI distributed £8 million of National Lottery funds. 
Arts Council of Northern Ireland Report 2004/05, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, 2005