7. Mr. Brian Parkynasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total Government expenditure on the arts between 1965 and 1969; and what was the comparable figure for 1960 to 1964.
§ Miss Jennie Lee:Expenditure on the arts for the five years 1965–66 to 1969–70 totalled £87.8 million; the comparable figure for the years 1960–1 to 1964–65 was £40.1 million.