§ Mr. BuchanTo ask the Minister for the Arts if he will list the grants made by the Arts Council to(a) the English National Opera, (b) the National Theatre, (c) the Royal Opera House and (d) the Royal Shakespeare Company for every year from 1977–78 to 1987–88 inclusive, and the grants proposed for them in 1988–89.
§ Mr. LuceThe information requested is as follows:
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English National Opera National Theatre Royal Opera House Royal Shakespeare Company £ £ £ £ 1986–87 6,576,000 7,811,400 13,096,500 5,197,000 1987–88 6,748,000 7,811,400 13,226,960 5,197,000 1988–89 6,917,000 17,811,400 13,491,270 5,326,500 1 An additional sum of £105,600 is reserved for the National Theatre and may be made available on receipt of a three-year plan showing, inter alia, financial break-even. I have increased the grant to the Arts Council in 1988–89 and subsequent years to enable it, in part, to provide more assistance for touring within the United Kingdom and overseas. The national companies may well receive increased funding on this account, and also from the incentive funding arrangements now being devised.
Eastern East Midlands Greater London Lines/Humberside Merseyside Northern £ £ £ £ £ £ 1977–78 242,099 216,023 470,913 202,305 189,067 729,309 1978–79 343,594 297,163 558,571 267,829 254,180 914,787 1979–80 419,398 428,033 652,301 335,893 338,147 1,088,960 1980–81 481,180 579,874 932,101 390,747 386,083 1,306,630 1981–82 541,045 699,754 1,209,972 460,691 444,877 1,456,051 1982–83 690,483 824,944 1,464,087 523,048 497,419 1,733,236 1983–84 728,305 927,160 1,487,240 556,740 535,158 1,819,020 1984–85 889,775 1,061,119 1,583,722 591,050 583,903 1,938,659 1985–86 1,144,871 1,627,406 1,791,430 782,836 656,000 2,086,802 1986–87 1,715,344 1,809,737 8,427,313 904,490 1,096,830 3,543,845 1987–88 1,774,026 1,873,783 8,127,248 962,235 1,094,270 3,556,920
North West South East Southern South West West Midlands Yorkshire Total £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 1977–78 337,281 190,675 305,935 360,229 416,634 255,974 3,916,444 1978–79 490,069 249,285 445,031 485,561 553,019 343,292 5,202,181 1979–80 578,474 318,807 525,050 535,794 696,735 444,425 6,362,017 1980–81 662,483 367,495 618,638 637,082 803,105 520,779 7,686,197 1981–82 751,055 431,274 708,620 702,175 896,095 586,900 8,888,509 1982–83 864,849 540,353 850,418 876,133 1,034,811 717,002 10,616,783 1983–84 932,393 581,659 884,447 883,678 1,100,434 737,914 11,174,148 1984–85 1,031,953 628,991 995,088 970,894 1,221,727 841,602 12,338,483 1985–86 1,493,749 1,085,773 1,172,470 1,225,052 1,558,134 1,338,899 15,963,422 1986–87 1,982,320 1,231,962 1,298,559 1,555,765 2,291,310 2,084,900 27,942,175 1987–88 1,996,480 1,303,970 1,369,191 1,685,317 2,315,020 2,117,070 28,175,530 I understand that the Arts Council will be notifying individual regional arts associations about their 1988–89 grants in the course of this week. I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as I am able to pass on these figures, and will place a copy of the letter in the Library of the House.