HC Deb 08 December 1997 vol 302 c464W
9. Mr. Amess

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will make a statement on the funding available to the Eastern Arts Council. [17984]

Mr. Fisher

Grant-in-aid, distributed through the Arts Council of England to the Eastern Arts Board during the financial year 1997–98 totalled £4,985,614.

Additional funding from the British Film Institute and the Crafts Council gives an overall total of £5,425,060.