§ 92. Sir J. Edenasked the Secretary of State for Educaton and Science if he will list the number of performances in the last full year promoted by the orchestral management of each of the four London orchestras and each of the five major regional orchestras; and if he will state the average amount of the Arts Council grant for each such performance.
§ Mr. CroslandThe following are the number of performances in 1965–66 promoted by the management of each orchestra and the result of dividing the Arts Council grant by these numbers:
£ London Philharmonic 84 440 London Symphony 32 529 New Philharmonia 23 736 Royal Philharmonic 109 362 City of Birmingham Symphony 77 636 Bournemouth Symphony 106 566 Halle 102 539 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic 100 520 Scottish National 97 644 Other factors, however, were also taken into account in determining the grants given to these orchestras.