§ Mr. BuchanTo ask the Minister for the Arts what has been the number of admissions to the Natural History Museum in the six months following the introduction of admission charges; and what was the numbers of admissions in the comparable period of each of the three previous years.
§ Mr. LuceThe numbers of visitors to the Natural History Museum's South Kensington site in the last three years were as follows:
Numbers 1984 2,318,000 1985 2,642,000 1986 2,678,000 Figures for 1987 are not yet available.