§ LORD STRABOLGIasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will specify the present estimates, broken down to each individual case, in respect of all 18 institutions, of:
(1) the gross receipts expected from admission charges to the national museums and galleries in Great Britain during the first 12 months of their imposition: and
Gross Net; £ £ British Museum … … … … 190,000 170,750 Science Museum … … … … 125,000 107,250 Victoria and Albert Museum (Note 1) … … … … 169,000 139,500 Imperial War Museum … … … … 50,000 43,500 London Museum … … … … 21,000 15,500 National Gallery … … … … 170,000 155,000 National Maritime Museum … … … … 85,000 62,500 National Portrait Gallery … … … … 50,000 43,500 Tate Gallery … … … … 95,000 80,000 Wallace Collection … … … … 16,000 11,000 British Museum (Natural History) … … … … 110,000 96,500 Geological Museum … … … … 25,000 20,000 Royal Scottish Museum … … … … 30,000 26,500 National Galleries of Scotland (Note 2) … 39,000 32,000 National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (Note 2) … National Museum of Wales … … … … 28,100 23,400 Notes:(1) This includes provision for Bethnal Green Museum.
(2) The National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland and the Scottish National Portrait Gallary share premises with a common entrance; receipts could be separated only notionally.