§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will publish in the Official Report the attendance figures for 1981 reported by the national museums and galleries in England, 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 1980.
§ Mr. ChannonFollowing is the information requested:
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Estimated attendance in 1981 Percentage change from 1980 British Museum 2, 868, 655 −26.1 Natural History Museum 2, 763, 162 +14.6 Geological Museum 493, 298 −9.0 Imperial War Museum 1, 157, 067 −20.2 National Gallery 2, 737, 904 +4.6
Estimated attendance in 1981 Percentage change from 1980 National Maritime Museum 996, 882 −22.9 National Portrait Gallery 529, 608 +18.0 Science Museum 5, 464, 094 −5.6 Tate Gallery 891, 179 −33.0 Victoria and Albert Museum 1, 711, 605 −0.7 Wallace Collection 138, 783 −13.0