§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Minister for the Arts what information he has as to the amount of arts sponsorship undertaken by business in the United Kingdom for each year since 1982–83; and on what information his statistics are based.
§ Mr. Luce[pursuant to his reply, 18 December 1986, c. 630]: Precise figures are not available. Cautious estimates of arts sponsorship are provided by the Association for Business Sponsorship of the Arts. These figures are as follows:
£ million 1982–83 13 1983–84 n/a 1984–85 15 1985–86 20 1986–87 25