§ Mr. Tony Lloydasked the Minister for the Arts if he will give a breakdown of Government funding for the Arts allocated for the north-west region for each year from 1978 to 1985.
§ Mr. LuceThe figures are as follows:
£ 1978–79 490,069 1979–80 578,474 1980–81 662,483 1981–82 751,055 1982–83 864,849 1983–84 932,393 1984–85 1,031,953 1985–86 1,084,500 These figures show real terms increase over the period of 18 per cent.