HC Deb 07 February 2000 vol 344 c9W
Mr. Hilary Benn

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list, for each of the last five years, total public funding in(a) cash and (b) current prices for (i) the West Yorkshire Playhouse and (ii) regional theatres in West Yorkshire. [108211]

Mr. Alan Howarth

Grant-in-aid allocated by Yorkshire Arts to the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Wakefield Theatre Royal and Lawrence Batley Theatre is shown in the table.

£
Funding 1998–99 1997–98 1996–97 1995–96 1994–95
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Cash 840,800 840,750 840,750 840,750 790,800
Real terms 840,800 868,185 892,601 921,349 891,655
Wakefield Theatre Royal
Cash 35,000 29,500 25,000 12,000 8,000
Real terms 35,000 30,463 26,542 13,150 9,020
Lawrence Batley Theatre
Cash 35,000 29,500 28,000 20,000
Real terms 35,000 30,463 29,726 21,917