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41.
Mr. Harry Greenway
To ask the Minister for the Arts what have been the percentage increases in arts funding from his Department over the past five years in relation to inflation rates; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Mellor
The figures requested are as follows:
| Central Government Arts Programme | Inflation rates retail prices index | ||
| Year | Cash total £ million | Percentage increase on previous year | Percentage increase on previous year |
| 1986–87 | 343 | — | — |
| 1987–88 | 368 | 7·3 | 4·0 |
| 1988–89 | 414 | 12·5 | 6·0 |
| 1989–90 | 446 | 7·7 | 7·8 |
| 1990–91 | 494 | 10·8 | 110·0 |
| 1 Percentage change of first six months of the financial year over the same period of the previous year. | |||