§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will specify the total amounts at 1st January 1978 covered by certificates of 375W 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. OakesThe 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