§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how often in the past five years the Scottish Arts Council has requested an increase in the total funds available to it for spending on the arts in Scotland.
§ Miss Jennie LeeThe Scottish Arts Council has asked for an increase each 215W year in the annual estimates which it presents to the Arts Council of Great Britain.
The grant to the Scottish Arts Council has increased in each of the past five years as follows:—
£ 1965–66 270,390 1966–67 467,836 1967–68 707,700 1968–69 795,000 1969–70 832,000 (plus capital grants)