HC Deb 13 April 1978 vol 947 c515W
Mr. Faulds

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will specify the sums paid under certificates of indemnity by the national museums, galleries and library in England in respect of claims for loss of, or damage sustained by, objects lent to them during the financial year ended 31st March 1978, divided between (a) claims satisfied in respect of long-term loans to the permanent collections and (b) claims satisfied in respect of loans to temporary exhibitions.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

During the financial year ended 31st March 1978, payments in respect of claims for loss of, or damage sustained by, objects lent to the national museums and galleries in England and the British Library were as follows:

  1. (a) long-term loans to the permanent collections—nil
  2. (b) loans to temporary exhibitions—£1,035