HC Deb 14 February 2000 vol 344 c443W
Mr. Hilary Benn

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the grant-in-aid from public funds for orchestras for each year since 1990 in(a) cash terms and (b) real terms. [109730]

Mr. Alan Howarth

Grant-in-aid allocated by the Arts Council of England to the nine subsidised English orchestras is shown in the table.

£
Year Cash terms Real terms
1990–91 6,721,000 8,657,066
1991–92 7,721,600 9,365,191
1992–93 9,014,461 10,583,086
1993–94 9,511,500 10,877,744
1994–95 8,869,000 10,000,112
1995–96 8,933,000 9,789,374
1996–97 9,133,000 9,696,255
1997–98 9,133,000 9,431,020
1998–99 9,133,000 9,133,000
1999–2000 9,902,880 9,684,968