§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Minister for the Arts if he will publish in theOfficial Report for each year in the period 1970 to 1987 and for the institutions listed in his earlier reply of 26 May, Official Report columns 259–260 (a) the number of adult entrants, (b) the number of concession entrants and (c) admission revenue.
§ Mr. Luce[holding answer 27 July 1988]: This information is not available in the precise form requested. However, total attendances at each of the institutions listed in my reply of 26 May in each year since 1978 were as follows:
§ Mr. Luce[holding answer 27 July 1988]: The Office of Arts and Libraries was established in 1983. The following table shows gross spending since then on the votes which in the last closed year, 1987–88, comprised class XIII.
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1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 (Class X,13) (Class V,6) (Class V,6) (Class XIII.6) (Class XIII,6) Tate Gallery 5,320 5,594 5,644 5,782 6,497 (Class X, 19) (Class V,7) (Class V,7) (Class XIII,7) (Class XIII,7) Victoria and Albert Museum 10,299 11,340 10,670 11,023 11,680 (Class X,14) (Class V,8) (Class V,8) (Class XIII,8) (Class XIII,8) Wallace Collection 781 822 876 906 939 (Class X,20) (Class V,9) (Class V,9) (Class XIII,9) (Class XIII,9) Arts and the Heritage 111,671 124,111 129,871 173,670 183,514 (Class X,21) (Class V, 10) (Class V.10) (Class XIII, 10) (Class XIII,10)
£'000 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 Libraries 45,324 47,286 48,719 53,143 54,238 (Class X,22) (Class V,11) (Class V,11) (Class XIII,11) (Class XIII, 11) OAL Administration 1600 906 1,186 1,165 1,288 (Class X,23) (Class V, 12) (Class V,12) (Class XIII, 12) (Class XIII,12) 1 Part-year only. The Vote Structure of class XIII was reorganised and simplified in 1988–89. The details are as follows:
£'000 Vote 1. Museums and Galleries 153,576 Vote 2. Arts and the Heritage 174,364 Vote 3. Libraries 89,668 Vote 4. Office of Arts and Libraries Administration 1,522