§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report the attendance figures for 1980 reported by the national museums and galleries in England, broken down to the individual institutions but comprising their outstations, with figures, in each case of the percentage increase or decrease on the attendance figures for 1979.
§ Mr. ChannonFollowing is the information requested:
Attendance in 1980 Percentage change From 1980 British Museum 3,879,884 +15.1 Natural History Museum 2,410,344 16.0 Geological Museum 541,827 +4.3 Imperial War Museum 1,453,532 +2.5 National Gallery 2,618,075 +1.7 National Maritime Museum *1,145,104 +3.9 National Portrait Gallery 448,690 +15.5 Science Museum 5,789,700 +12.5 Tate Gallery 1,330,937 +16.1 Victoria and Albert Museum 1,723,789 13.4 Wallace Collection 159,526 +24.5 *Estimated.