§ 36. Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State answering in respect of the Arts if he will publish in the Official Report a breakdown of the application by the Royal Opera House of Government funds made available to it through the Arts Council in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe following is the information:
The Royal Opera House meets its expenditure out of total income which falls into three categories:
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1981–82 £million 1982–83 £million 1983–84 £million Arts Council funding 9.3 10.4 11.3 Other grants and donations 1.0 1.0 1.5
1981–82 £ million 1982–83 £ million 1983–84 £million Income from box-office, etc. 6.2 6.6 7.1 16.5 18.0 19.9 This total income was applied thus: £ million £ million £ million Performance and rehearsal 7.3 8.4 9.4 Production and staging 4.6 4.6 5.1 Premises 1.1 1.3 1.3 Front-of-house 0.6 0.7 0.7 Other general costs 1.8 2.0 2.2 Touring 1.1 1.0 1.2 Overall expenditure 16.5 18.0 19.9