History
The Arts Council of England was created in 1944 as the Arts Council of Great Britain, which was then divided to form the Arts Council of England, the Scottish Arts Council and the Arts Council of Wales in 1994. At the same time the National Lottery was established and the Arts Council of England became one of the distribution bodies. This increased responsibility saw the Arts Council of England grow back in size to the point where it was larger than before the 1987 restructure.
In 2001 Chairman Gerry Robinson announced a further restructuring in which the Arts Council of England would be merged with the existing Regional Arts Boards to form a single organisation: Arts Council England.
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