§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) 139W whether she will state the cost of equipment and installation being incurred at the national museums and galleries in connection with the imposition of admission charges, broken down to the total sum for each individual institution;
(2) whether she will give the amortisation figures for the capital cost of equipment and installation in connection with the imposition of admission charges to the national museums and galleries, broken down to each individual institution;
(3) whether she will state the percentage of the estimated annual receipts from admission charges at all the national
Cost of Equipment and Installation Annual cost of tickets for machines and maintenance of equipment Institution Gross Annual Receipts Total Amortised first year charge (a) (b) (c) (d) £ £ £ £ British Museum 190,000 8,400 2,100 1,040 Science Museum 125,000 4,500 1,290 760 Victoria and Albert Museum (Note 1) 169,000 4,400 1,180 660 Imperial War Museum 50,000 2,900 460 450 London Museum 21,000 900 230 180 National Gallery 170,000 3,200 880 640 National Maritime Museum 85,000 9,600 3,530 890 National Portrait Gallery 50,000 1,400 350 260 Tate Gallery 95,000 2,400 670 450 Wallace Collection 16,000 800 140 130 British Museum (Natural History) 110,000 4,400 1,120 630 Geological Museum 25,000 900 200 180 Royal Scottish Museum 30,000 500 90 70 National Galleries of Scotland (Note 2) 39,000 1,400 270 350 National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (Note 2) National Museum of Wales 28,100 1,700 450 120 Total 1,203,100 47,400 12,960 6,810
Annual Staffing Expressed as a percentage of column (a) Institution Cost Column Columns Columns (e) (e) (c)+(d)+(e) (b)+(d)+(e) £ Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. British Museum 19,250 10 12 15 Science Museum 17,750 14 16 18 Victoria and Albert Museum (Note 1) 29,500 17 19 20 Imperial War Museum 6,500 13 15 20 London Museum 5,500 26 28 31 National Gallery 15,000 9 10 11 National Maritime Museum 22,500 26 32 39 National Portrait Gallery 6,500 13 14 16 Tate Gallery 15,000 16 17 19 Wallace Collection 5,000 32 33 37 British Museum (Natural History) 13,500 12 14 17 Geological Museum 5,000 20 22 24 Royal Scottish Museum 3,500 12 12 14 National Galleries of Scotland (Note 2) 7,000 18 20 22 National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (Note 2) National Museum of Wales 4,700 17 18 23 Total 176,200 14.6 16.3 19.2 Notes:
1. This includes provision for Bethnal Green Museum.
2. The National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery share premises with a common entrance; receipts and costs could be separated only notionally.
140Wmuseums and galleries which is represented by annual staffing costs, annual staffing costs plus amortisation of equipment and installation, and annual staffing costs, plus initial cost of equipment and installation, respectively.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeEstimated figures for the gross receipts from new admission charges, for the cost of additional staff for this purpose and for the cost of purchasing, installing and maintaining equipment are given in the following table. These figures are, of course, first estimates and are not based on practical experience of the operation of the scheme.