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Mr. Butler
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the level of Government grants to the British Council for each year since 1978–79, including the grant allocation for the year 1990–91.
Mr. Sainsbury
The table shows the level of Government grants to the British Council:
| (£'000) | |
| Year | Total |
| 1978–79 | 45,891 |
| 1979–80 | 50,447 |
| 1980–81 | 56,165 |
| 1981–82 | 63,496 |
| 1982–83 | 68,608 |
| 1983–84 | 73,291 |
| 1984–85 | 81,513 |
| 1985–86 | 86,344 |
| 1986–87 | 91,990 |
| 1987–88 | 100,825 |
| 1988–89 | 101,059 |
| 1989–90 | 110,863 |
| 1 1990–91 | 121,159 |
| 1 Estimate. | |