§ 21. Mr. Canavanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give an estimate of the number of artists supported by public funds to give public exhibitions.
§ Mr. ChannonThe information requested is not available in this form. However, in 1980–81, the Arts Council arranged or supported in England 32 one-man exhibitions and 24 exhibitions featuring the work of more than one artist. The Council estimates that the work of a further 280 living artists was exhibited in galleries which it subsidises.