HC Deb 01 July 1988 vol 136 c382W
Mr. Fisher

To ask the Minister for the Arts (1) what has been the level of expenditure per capita on libraries in each of the past 10 years;

(2) what has been the level of expenditure, per capita. on libraries in (a) Great Britain and (b) England in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Luce

Expenditure per capita over the last 10 years in respect of the British Library, which is the only library expenditure borne on the Vote of my Department was:

£
1978–79 0.44
1979–80 0.57
1980–81 0.63
1981–82 0.68
1982–83 0.76
1983–84 0.79
1984–85 0.83
1985–86 0.85
1986–87 0.88
1987–88 0.89