§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the total expenditure by the Government on the arts in Northern Ireland; and in what specific areas the sums are expended.
§ 3. Dr. Mawhinney[holding answer 27 February 1990]: Total expenditure for the 1988–89 financial year was £4,660,310.
Within this total expenditure, the specific areas in which sums were expended are as follows:
1. Arts Council Expenditure £ Visual arts and film 342,798 Drama and dance 567,137 Grand Opera House 515,000 Music and opera 275,603 Ulster Orchestra 788,000 Literature 100,404 Traditional arts 58,428 Education 101,695 Community arts 129,709 Regional projects 70,878 Belfast Festival at Queen's 80,500 Further information is published in the Arts Council's 1989 annual report.
571WCapital Programme for the Arts
Under this programme the Department of Education paid the following grants:
£ Down Arts Centre 236,865 Derry Civic Theatre 412 Coleraine, Flowerfield 18,129 Newry Arts Centre 560 Grand Opera House 117,918 Lyric Theatre 160,000 Arts Theatre 53,000 Old Museum Building 61,226 Crescent Arts Centre 50,000 Business sponsorship incentive scheme for the Arts Under this scheme the Department of Education made the following awards:
£ Bardic Theatre Group 7,834 Garvagh Historical Society 1,000 NI Association of Youth Clubs 3,000 Newtownabbey Drama Festival 5,000 Royal Ulster Academy 500 Orion String Quartet 500 Newry and Mourne Arts Centre 650 Ulster Folk and Transport Museum 8,334 Opera NI 9,334 Tinderbox 1,000 Broken Nails Production Co 2,500 Belfast Festival at Queen's 13,700 Riverside Theatre 500 Ulster Museum 11,386 ACNI Youth Drama Group 834 Ulster Orchestra Society Ltd. 20,000 Orchard Gallery/Art Insight 2,817 St. George's Singers 500 QUB Choir and Orchestra 667