However, the Scottish Arts Council allocated the following amounts to arts projects in the years in question:1997-98£ 35,387,0001998-99£ 33,532,0001999-2000£ 16,576,000The drop in SAC allocated funds in 1999-2000 is explained by (a) the timing of the Capital Grant Committee's decisions, which pushed the allocations into the following year's accounts, and (b...