§ Mr. FisherTo 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. LuceExpenditure 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