HC Deb 28 January 1991 vol 184 cc409-10W
32. Mr. Haynes

To ask the Minister for the Arts what guidelines he gave to the Arts Council for the use of the new enhancement fund.

Mr. Renton

The Government set out the overall objectives of the enhancement fund. These were to strengthen leading arts organisations and enhance further their current high standards, and at the same time to improve business and financial planning and to provide challenge, where appropriate, for matching funds from other sources. I subsequently approved the detailed criteria that the Arts Council proposed to use in deciding upon the allocation of awards to individual organisations.

35. Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Minister for the Arts what guidelines he gave to the Arts Council for the use of the enhancement fund among clients of the Greater London Arts association.

Mr. Renton

I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave earlier to a question from the hon. Member for Ashfield (Mr. Haynes). The criteria that the Arts Council applied to clients of Greater London Arts were the same as those that I approved for general application.

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