HC Deb 14 May 1990 vol 172 cc273-4W
Mr. Soley

To ask the Minister for the Arts whether the Royal Opera house has applied for additional funds.

Mr. Luce

[holding answer 11 May 1990]: The Royal Opera house has consistently argued for additional Government funding. At the end of last year it alerted the chairman of the Arts Council and me to the prospect of a £2 million deficit in the coming year. This was despite an 11 per cent. increase in its grant from the Arts Council and

Mr. Lilley

Ten executive officers from the Inland Revenue applied for this scheme, of whom one was successful.

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