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Mr. Cormack
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much money from public funds was allocated to purchase grants for museums and galleries each year from 1945 to 1974, inclusive.
Mr. Hugh Jenkins
The amounts provided by the Exchequer * for collections in England are as follows:—
| Year | £ |
| 1945–46 | 17,453 |
| 1946–47 | 107,485 |
| 1947–48 | 159,213 |
| 1948–49 | 74,092 |
| 1949–50 | 195,067 |
| 1950–51 | 85,149 |
| 1951–52 | 154,232 |
| 1952–53 | 75,242 |
| 1953–54 | 95,406 |
| 1954–55 | 121,309 |
| 1955–56 | 150,187 |
| 1956–57 | 150,812 |
| 1957–58 | 203,247 |
| 1958–59 | 299,995 |
| 1959–60 | 432,236 |
| 1960–61 | 446,639 |
| 1961–62 | 584,028 |
| 1962–63 | 393,895 |
| 1963–64 | 519,207 |
| 1964–65 | 1,026,521 |
| 1965–66 | 735,126 |
| 1966–67 | 858,385 |
| 1967–68 | 838,438 |
| 1968–69 | 839,498 |
| 1969–70 | 1,359,401 |
| 1970–71 | 1,768,405 |
| 1971–72 | 1,841,417 |
| 1972–73 | 2,680,602 |
| 1973–74 | (1)1,944,939 |
| 1974–75 | (1)1,386,927 |
| Notes.*Parallel information for local authority funds is not available. | |
| (1) Excludes the grants to the British Library provided separately in these years. | |