HC Deb 06 February 1978 vol 943 cc374-5W
Mr. Faulds

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will specify the total amounts at 1st January 1978 covered by certificates of indemnity issued by the national museums, galleries and libraries in England in respect of objects lent to their permanent collections on a long-term basis, broken down to the individual institutions, and recording the comprehensive total for all the institutions together.

Mr. Oakes

The total amounts, at 1st January 1978, reported by the national museums, galleries and libraries in England as covered by certificates of indemnity issued in respect of objects lent to their permanent collections on a long-term basis, are listed below:

£
British Museum. 607,398
Science Museum 500,000
Victoria and Albert Museum 9,620,778
Imperial War Museum 79,437
National Gallery. 8,900,000
National Maritime Museum 807,318
National Portrait Gallery 261,000
Tate Gallery 2,600,000
Wallace Collection nil
British Museum (Natural History) nil
Geological Museum. nil
British Library. 1,500,000*
All the above institutions £24,875,931
*approximately