§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, further to his written answer to the hon. Member for Warley, East on 18 January, Official Report, column 34, if he will set out the information relating to the public attendance figures in 1981 at the national museums and galleries in Scotland, when it is available, in the form of a written answer, similar to the answer given in the Official Report, 12 January 1981, column 472.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information is as follows:
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§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe figures for advance factories completed since 1974 by the factory building bodies for which my right hon. Friend is responsible are as follows:
1981 Percentage increase since 1980 National Galleries of Scotland 357, 116 4.5 National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland 123, 135 55.0 Royal Scottish Museum 617, 137 minus 2.0 The National Galleries of Scotland comprise the National Gallery of Scotland, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. The SNPG shares a building and entrance with the National Museum of Antiquities and its attendances are therefore included in the NMAS figures, which are quoted above but not in those of NGS. The reason for the substantial increase in the NMAS figure is that the new outstation, the Scottish Agricultural Museum at Ingliston, was opened during the Royal Highland Show in June 1981 and attended by 42, 742 people at that time and a further 236 visitors before the end of the season in September.