§ Sir David Priceasked the Paymaster General if he will make a statement on the Arts Council's estimate that 600 new jobs, in the performing arts sector, could be created with an extra investment of some £5 million, and the Arts Council figure that the new costs to the public sector borrowing requirement would be £2,070 per annum per job.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkIt is most unlikely that the public sector borrowing requirement cost per person removed from the unemployment count by investment in arts would be as low as £2,070 per annum.