§ 54. Mr. Straussasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will estimate the extra revenue likely to accrue on the basis of a rise in the entrance charge for adults at museums and galleries of 20p for three months in the year.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeThe effects of charging 20p to adults for months in 143W addition to July and August are difficult to forecast with accuracy since it is impossible to know what the impact might be on attendance and on the purchase of season tickets. In round figures an increase in revenue of £60,000–£70,000 a month might be obtained during the summer months by charging adults 20p.
§ 55. Mr. Straussasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, how much money she expects to raise, respectively, from museum and gallery entrance charges levied on children not in organised parties, and from old age pensioners.
Mr. van SfraubenzeeThe numbers of children and pensioners who visit museums and galleries are not known but from those estimates that can be made I expect that about £150,000 will be received in a year from children not in organised parties. I cannot give a useful figure for pensioners.