HC Deb 15 June 1992 vol 209 c369W
20. Mr. Wolfson

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how much funding the private sector has provided for the arts for each pound of Government funding.

Mr. Key

In 1991–92 almost £6.3 million was directly generated by a Government investment of over £3 million in the business sponsorship incentive scheme. Figures for annual private sector sponsorship for that period are not yet available; however annual business sponsorship of the arts, including corporate membership, for 1990–91 amounted to some £57.2 million compared with only £500,000 in 1976.