§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Minister for the Arts, if he will list the grants to each of the regional arts associations in the current financial year, expressed in terms of pence per head of their population, and including the average grant per head for all the associations.
§ Mr. LuceLatest available figures for Arts Council grants for 1988–89 to the regional arts associations in terms of pence per head of their population are as follows:
Pence Eastern Arts 39.2 East Midlands Arts 51.6 Greater London Arts 116.9 Lincolnshire and Humberside Arts 69.9 Merseyside Arts 62.6 Northern Arts 114.6 North West Arts 45.9 Southern Arts 36.8 South East Arts 43.2 South West Arts 48.0 West Midlands Arts 47.4 Yorkshire Arts 53.2 The average grant per head for all the associations is 61.5.