HC Deb 23 March 1979 vol 964 c230W
Mr. Bradford

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of the budget of the Arts Council of Great Britain is provided from public funds.

Mr. Oakes

In the last completed financial year, 1977–78, about 99 per cent. of the budget of the Arts Council of Great Britain was provided directly from public funds.

Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list in the Official Report the organisations and individuals who have written to her opposing the principle of an Arts Council with a majority of elected members.

Mr. Oakes

No representations have been received from organisations or individuals and this subject has so far been pursued in parliamentary questions rather than in correspondence.