§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Minister for the Arts if he will list for each of the last five years and for this year to date at today's prices, the amount of Government funding English National Opera has received; and if he will make a statement as to what controls his Office has over the way it is used.
§ Mr. RentonGrants to individual arts companies are made by the Arts Council of Great Britain and the regional arts associations. Arts Council grants to English National Opera for the period in question were as follows:
Year Actual grant £ 1991–92 real terms equivalent£ 1986–87 6,626,000 9,197,043 1987–88 6,748,000 8,892,030 1988–89 6,917,000 8,482,962 1989–90 7,056,000 8,135,004 1990–91 9,104,000 9,741,238 1991–92 10,432,300 — I set the overall financial framework within which the Arts Council operates; the Arts Council, in turn, attaches conditions to its grants to individual companies relating to their artistic and financial performance.