§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will break down the sum of £3,200,000 of expenditure which cannot be allotted between London, Scotland, Wales and 102W the English regions into its component parts.
§ Miss Jennie LeeThe sum of £3,200,000 was a rounded figure. The allocations made by the Arts Council, which will not necessarily correspond exactly with payments made in the financial year ending 31st March, 1969, were as follows:
£ Royal Opera House (including Royal Ballet touring company) 1,250,000 Sadlers Wells Trust Ltd. (including touring company) 707,000 National Theatre Board 240,000 Royal Shakespeare Company 184,000 Housing the Arts Fund (covering capital grants in England, Scotland and Wales) 350,000 Central Administration costs 360,000 Towards accumulated deficits Royal Opera House 30,000 National Theatre Board 80,000 Sadlers Wells Trust Ltd. 55,000