HC Deb 17 February 1969 vol 778 cc46-7W
Miss Harvie Anderson

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the number of visitors who paid admission charges to visit the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew during each of the last three years, the revenue from these admission charges, the present price of admission and when this price was last changed.

Mr. John Mackie

The number of visitors who paid for admission to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, during each of the last three years and the revenue from these charges were:—

Year Number of paying visitors Revenue
£ s. d.
1966 966,571 11,811 17 0
1967 1,090,294 13,775 3 0
1968 1,037,404 13,083 16 9

The present price of admission is 3d. This was last changed on 1st May, 1951, when it was raised from 1d. to 3d.

The revenue figures include income from season tickets and also charges for the hire of bath chairs.

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