§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what was the level of subsidy provided to S4C Welsh Television Channel, for the 1997–98 financial year. [44109]
§ Mr. FisherS4C is funded on a calendar year basis, under a statutory formula, and the level of funding from 1998 is linked to the Retail Prices Index (RPI). The grant in 1997 was £72.223 million; the grant for 1998 is £74.895 million.