§ Mr. Hilary BennTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the grant-in-aid from public funds for orchestras for each year since 1990 in(a) cash terms and (b) real terms. [109730]
§ Mr. Alan HowarthGrant-in-aid allocated by the Arts Council of England to the nine subsidised English orchestras is shown in the table.
£ Year Cash terms Real terms 1990–91 6,721,000 8,657,066 1991–92 7,721,600 9,365,191 1992–93 9,014,461 10,583,086 1993–94 9,511,500 10,877,744 1994–95 8,869,000 10,000,112 1995–96 8,933,000 9,789,374 1996–97 9,133,000 9,696,255 1997–98 9,133,000 9,431,020 1998–99 9,133,000 9,133,000 1999–2000 9,902,880 9,684,968