North of England Area Museum Council

HC Deb 23 November 1987 vol 123 cc60-1W

86. Mr. Dixon

To ask the Minister for the Arts what change, in real terms, there has been in the funding of the North of England area museum council since 1979.

Mr. Luce

Grants to the English Area Museum Councils are determined by the Museums and Galleries Commission from within its annual allocation from the arts programme. I understand that since 1979–80 funding North AMCs as a group has increased by 9.5 per cent, in real terms.