HC Deb 21 October 1969 vol 788 cc214-5W
Mrs. Ewing

asked 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 Lee

The Scottish Arts Council has asked for an increase each 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)