Arts Culture and Heritage funds and New items of expenditure
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WQ.362/2025
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR TREASURY AND RESOURCES
BY DEPUTY M. TADIER OF ST. BRELADE
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 29th SEPTEMBER 2025 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 6th OCTOBER 2025
Question
"Will the Minister provide details of all items of expenditure which are now funded by the agreed 1% of revenue for Arts, Culture and Heritage (ACH), beyond those previously provided for prior to the adoption of the Budget (Government Plan) 2025-2028; and will he further confirm whether the overall sum spent on ACH still amounts to 1% of Revenue Spending if these additional items are excluded, and provide the relevant calculation?"
Answer
In line with established practice, the 2025 Budget included revenue expenditure on Arts, Heritage and Culture (AHC) comprising:
• AHC Grants (within the Economy Department)
• Jèrriais
• Liberation Day and other civic events.
Following the debate of P.69/2024, the Council of Ministers lodged the 27th Amendment to the Budget 2025-2028, to reinstate the commitment to maintain funding for AHC at 1% of overall States Revenue Expenditure. As part of this amendment, COM noted that "the debate of P.69/2024 included several examples of government support for AHC outside of the expenditure currently included, and government will review spending across Government to ensure that the total expenditure on arts, heritage and culture is captured when considering the 1%."
Following the completion of this review, the following additional elements were identified as relevant spending on AHC, as set out in the Budget 2026 (Page 47). It should be noted that these areas represent existing funding already being spent on AHC and have not impacted on the funding for the items previously included.
A summary of the budgets in the proposed Budget 2026-2029 is attached below:
| 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
AHC Support and Grants | 10,842 | 11,060 | 11,303 | 11,303 |
Jerriais | 635 | 635 | 635 | 635 |
Liberation Day and other civic Events | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
Subtotal (Existing) | 11,677 | 11,895 | 12,138 | 12,138 |
Community Compass | 391 | 394 | 394 | 394 |
Public libraries | 1,666 | 1,666 | 1,666 | 1,666 |
Jersey Music Service | 1,243 | 1,243 | 1,243 | 1,243 |
Total | 14,977 | 15,198 | 15,441 | 15,441 |
The total of the subset of AHC expenditure previously used is slightly less than 1% of revenue expenditure but when all spend on AHC is included, this demonstrates spend in excess of that target – 1.2% in 2026. All of these calculations exclude the substantial capital expenditure on AHC in recent years, including spend on both Elizabeth Castle and the Jersey Opera House.
It is further noted that the Minister for Sustainable Economic Development has published a report on the delivery of AHC initiatives for 2024, which provides further detail on outcomes and impact across the sector.