§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will publish in the Official Report the attendance figures
Percentage change on 1976 1977 Increase Decrease National Galleries of Scotland 259,878* — 6.8 National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland 72,242* 4.4 — Royal Scottish Museum 631,816† 1.2 — * The National Galleries of Scotland comprise National Gallery of Modern Art and the Scottish Na National Galleries, however, includes attendances at Art, but excludes attendances at the Portrait Gallery. The Portrait Gallery shares a building and a common entrance with the National Museum of Antiquities, and the figure given for the latter institution therefore includes attendances at the Portrait Gallery † This figure includes attendances at the Museum of Flight, East Fortune.
§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will specify the total amounts covered by certificates of indemnity issued by the national museums, galleries and library in Scotland in respect of loans to them of objects over the past 10 financial years from 1967–68 to 1976–77 inclusive, broken down into the individual years, and divided in each year between (a) long-term loans to the permanent collections, and (b) loans to temporary exhibitions.
§ Mr. McElhoneThe available information is given in the following table. Complete figures for all the institutions are available only for the years 1975–76 and 1976–77. The figures for early years are approximate.
Financial year Long-term loans to permanent collection Loans to temporary exhibitions £ £ 1967–68 Not available 290,000 1968–69 Not available — 1969–70 4,500,000 90,000 1970–71 4,500,000 65,000 1971–72 5,000,000 1,253,000 1972–73 5,000,000 163,000 1973–74 13,000,000 460,000 1974–75 19,000,000 101,000 1975–76 19,810,350 8,155,338 1976–77 20,796,580 1,021,481
§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will specify the sums paid under certificates of indemnity issued by the national museums, galleries, and libraries in Scotland in respect of claims for loss of, or damage sustained by, objects lent to them during the 10 financial years from 1967–68 to 1976–77
500Wfor 1977 at the national museums and galleries of Scotland, broken down to the individual institutions, with figures in each case of the percentage increase or decrease on the attendance figures for 1976.
§ Mr. McElhoneThe information is given in the following table:
inclusive, broken down into the individual years, and divided in each year between (a) claims satisfied in respect of long-term loans to the permanent collections, and (b) claims satisfied in respect of loans to temporary exhibitions.
§ Mr. McElhonePayments under certificates of indemnity for damage to objects loaned to national institutions in Scotland in the financial years 1967–68 to 1976–77 are listed below.
(a) (b) Financial year Long-term loans Loans to temporary exhibitions £ £ 1967–68 — 500 1968–69 — — 1969–70 — — 1970–71 — — 1971–72 — 80 1972–73 — — 1973–74 — — 1974–75 — — 1975–76 — 100 1976–77 — —
§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will specify the total amounts at 1st January 1978 covered by certificates of indemnity issued by the national museums, galleries and libraries in Scotland, 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. McElhoneThe total estimated amounts of indemnities issued by the national institutions in Scotland at 1st 501W January 1978 in respect of objects lent to their permanent collections on a long-term basis are listed below:
Total indemnities issued at 1st January 1978 £ National Galleries of Scotland 20,000,000 National Library of Scotland 1,185,000 National Musemum of Antiquities of Scotland 180,350 Royal Scottish Museum 1,914,000 Total £23,279,350