HC Deb 18 July 1997 vol 298 c340W
Mr. Fearn

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, media and Sport what proportion of the planned National Endowment for Science and the Arts will be funded by national lottery money; and from which other sources funding will be sought. [9170]

Mr. Fisher

The Government has announced its intention to establish a National Endowment for Science and the Arts (NESTA) to be funded initially from the National Lottery. Our proposals for NESTA, including possible sources of funding in addition to the Lottery, will be set out in a white paper which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will be publishing on 21 July.