HC Deb 03 February 1976 vol 904 cc577-8W
Mr. Hannam

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will review the rôle of the regional arts associations and their means of finance.

Mr. Hugh Jenkins

Regional arts associations are independent bodies and receive a large part of their resources by way of grants from the Arts Council.

Their work is being examined in the course of the inquiry undertaken by Lord Redcliffe-Maud and sponsored by the Gulbenkian Foundation. No doubt all those concerned will study Lord Redcliffe-Maud's report with interest when it is completed, as I shall myself.

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