§ Mr. FisherTo ask the Minister for the Arts what has been the level of expenditure, per capita, on arts in(a) Great Britain and (b) England in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. LuceThe annual grant from the Office of Arts and Libraries to the Arts Council, the British Film Institute, the Crafts Council and the National Film and Television School, per head of the whole population, amounted to the following sums in each of the last three years:
Great Britain £ England £ 1985–86 2.12 2.04 1986–87 2.76 2.76 1987–88 2.80 2.79 The information for earlier years is not readily available.