Arts Council Minority Arts Unit

HC Deb 07 March 1988 vol 129 c23W

Mr. Fisher

To ask the Minister for the Arts what has been the budget for the Arts Council minority arts unit in 1986–87 and 1987–88; and what is the proposed budget for 1988–89.

Mr. Luce

[holding answer 4 March 1988]: The council had no separate budget for a minority arts unit in 1986–87. For the two succeeding years, budgets for the unit, including a grant to the minority arts advisory service, in figures are:

	£ thousand
1987–88	50.5
11988–89	65.0
1 Projected.