§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the attendance figures for 1980 reported by the national museums and galleries in Scotland, broken down to the individual institutions, but comprising their outstations, with figures in each case of the percentage increase or decrease on the attendance figures for 1979.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information is as follows:
Percentage change on 1979 1980 Increase Decrease National galleries of Scotland *341,879 — 7.7 National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland *79,346 10.5 — Royal Scottish Museum †629,792 — 6.1 * The national galleries of Scotland comprise the National Gallery of Scotland, the Scottish National Gallery of Modem Art and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. The figure given for the National Galleries includes attendances at the National Gallery and the Gallery of Modem Art, but excludes attendances at the Portrait Gallery. The Portrait Gallery shares a building and entrance with the National Museum of Antiquities; and the figure given for the latter includes attendances at the Portrait Gallery. † including Museum of Flight, East Fortune and Biggar Gas Works.