§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage on how many occasions grants have been made by the Arts Council under its(a) bursaries to writers scheme and (b) writers in residence scheme during the last five years to applicants who were neither resident in England nor had any previous connection with England.
§ Mr. BrookeUnder the Arts Council of Great Britain's "Bursaries to writers scheme", bursaries are offered only to writers currently resident in England. Separate schemes are run by both the Welsh and Scottish arts councils. Grants to five writers from abroad have been made by the Arts Council of Great Britain under its "writers in residence scheme" attached to particular areas of the country. Grants under other residency schemes have, to date, been made only to British writers.
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