Dr. ThomasTo ask the Minister for the Arts what proportion of his Department's expenditure, during the last year for which figures are available, was spent in each of the standard regions in England and Wales.
§ Mr. LuceThe total subsidies made available by the Arts Council to the English RAA's and by the Welsh Arts Council to the Welsh RAA's in the financial year 1986–87 is as follows :
£ Per cent. (of £135.6million) ACGB Grant for 1986–87 England Eastern Arts 1,715,344 1.265 East Midlands 1,809,737 1.335 Greater London 8,427,313 6.215 Lincolnshire and Humberside 904,490 0.667 Merseyside 1,096,830 0.809 Northern 3,543,845 2.613 North West 1,982,320 1.462 Southern 1,298,559 0.958 South East 1,231,962 0.909 South West 1,555,765 1.148 West Midlands 2,291,310 1.690 Yorkshire 2,084,900 1.538 £ Per cent. of WAC grant for 1986–87 of £7,610,000 Wales North Wales 218,094 2.866 South East Wales 320,226 4.208 West Wales 210,952 2.77