§ Mrs. GoldingTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the amount of money spent by tobacco companies on the sponsorship of(a) sport and (b) the arts in each of the last five years. [13745]
§ Mr. BanksThe amounts spent by tobacco companies on sports sponsorship in the last five years for which figures are available are:
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£ 1995–96 7,412,000 1994–95 8,062,000 1993–94 7,576,000 1992–93 10,403,000 1991–92 8,981,000 These figures are provided under the Voluntary Agreement on Sponsorship of Sport by Tobacco Companies in the UK. Tobacco companies do not operate under similar arrangements with regard to arts sponsorship. However, the Association for Business Sponsorship of the Arts (ABSA) has recently estimated the total spread of tobacco companies' support for the arts in the UK to be around £1–1½ million per annum.