Dance

HC Deb 18 July 1988 vol 137 cc431-2W

Mr. Fisher

To ask the Minister for the Arts what has been the level of expenditure, per capita, on dance in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Luce

Expenditure on dance by the Arts Councils of Great Britain, per head of the whole population, amounted to the following sums in each of the last three years.

Great Britain
	£
1985–86	0.22
1986–87	0.23
1987–88	0.23

The information for earlier years is not readily available.

Note: These figures exclude Arts Councils grants to regional arts associations and to the South Bank centre.