HC Deb 24 January 1979 vol 961 cc122-3W
Mr. Faulds

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will publish in the Official Report the attendance figures for 1978 reported by the national museums and galleries in England, broken down to the individual institutions but comprising their outstations, with figures in each area of the percentage increase or decrease on the attendance figures for 1977.

Mr. Oakes

Following is the information requested:

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 was £22,522,847. The amounts in respect of the individual institutions are given below:

£
British Library 1,500,000
British Museum 1,662,590
Science Museum 500,000
Victoria and Albert Museum 11,222,832
Imperial War Museum 385,900
National Gallery 10,200
National Maritime Museum 891,325
National Portrait Gallery 1,350,000
Tate Gallery 5,000,000