§ Mr. Peter AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the cost in lost admission revenue to each of the national museums and galleries which charge admission fees of introducing universal free admission. [153438]
§ Mr. Chris SmithThe table shows the amounts of compensation I have currently allocated to the existing charging museums for the next three years. I am though currently finalising with these institutions the final element of compensation to "buy out" the previously planned £1 charge from 1 December 2001.
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£ million Museum 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester 0.485 0.679 0.692 Museum of London 0.162 0.217 0.323 National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside 1.213 1.545 1.776 National Maritime Museum 1.891 2.442 2.491 Royal Armouries 0.504 0.726 0.740 Imperial War Museum 1.484 2.446 2.500 Science Museum 3.978 5.735 5.849 Victoria and Albert Museum 1.382 2.163 2.206 Natural History Museum 4.175 5.927 6.045 Tate St. Ives 0.253 0.355 0.362 Total 15.527 22.235 22.984