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Mr. Fabricant
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what level of Government funding, in the current prices, was provided for the Arts Councils in each year since 1978–79. [10830]
Mr. Fisher
[holding answer 28 July 1997]: Details of central Government funding of the Arts Councils serving England, Scotland and Wales in each year since 1978–79, and at current prices based on the latest assumptions of the gross domestic product deflators, are given in the following table.
| Arts Council Funding 1978–97 to 1996–97 | ||
| £ Million | ||
| Year | ACGB Grant-in-aid | ACGB Grant-in-aid (1996–97 prices) |
| 1978–79 | 51.8 | 159.3 |
| 1979–80 | 63.1 | 166.3 |
| 1980–81 | 71.0 | 158.1 |
| 1981–82 | 80.5 | 163.5 |
| 1982–83 | 91.3 | 173.1 |
| 1983–84 | 96.8 | 175.4 |
| 1984–85 | 101.9 | 175.8 |
| 1985–86 | 106.5 | 174.2 |
| 1986–871 | 135.6 | 215.2 |
| 1987–88 | 139.3 | 209.9 |
| 1988–89 | 152.4 | 215.3 |
| 1989–90 | 155.5 | 205.3 |
| 1990–91 | 175.8 | 214.9 |
| 1991–92 | 194.2 | 223.2 |
| 1992–93 | 221.2 | 244.0 |
| 1993–94 | 225.6 | 241.8 |
| 1994–952 | 223.3 | 235.8 |
| 1995–96 | 229.8 | 236.1 |
| 1996–97 | 227.4 | 227.4 |
| 1 The increase in 1986–87 was mainly an injection of funding in compensation for the loss of GLC and metropolitan authority spending. | ||
| 2 The Arts Council of Great Britain (ACGB) ceased to exist on 31 March 1994. In order to give equivalent figures for 1994–95 and after, the table includes DCMS grant in aid to the Arts Council of England and the grant in aid to the Scottish and Welsh Arts Councils from their sponsoring departments. | ||