§ Mr. Fauldsasked 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. OakesFollowing 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.
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§ Mr. OakesThe 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