HC Deb 22 May 1989 vol 153 c399W
63. Mr. Baldry

To ask the Minister for the Arts what is the Government contribution to the arts in 1989, and what it was in 1979, in real terms.

Mr. Luce

In the financial year 1989–90, the central Government programme for the arts will be £439 million. The corresponding figure for 1979–80, at 1989–90 prices, is £316 million.

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