HC Deb 22 April 1985 vol 77 cc365-6W
30. Mr. Tony Banks

asked the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State answering in respect of the Arts what arrangements-are made in the Office of Arts and Libraries to collate comparative statistics on arts expenditure in EEC countries.

Mr. Waldegrave

The Policy Studies Institute has published some international comparisons; its studies have been funded in part by the Office of Arts and Libraries. The Arts Council has also begun to collate comparative statistics, and will publish a series of reference sheets. There are difficult problems of comparing like with like, and the Arts Council is taking part in Council of Europe studies aimed at producing comparable figures.

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