HC Deb 01 July 1988 vol 136 cc382-3W
Mr. Fisher

To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he will publish a table showing(a) the total budget, (b) earned income and (c) income from sponsorship and expressing both (b) and (c) as a percentage of (a) (i) the Tate gallery, (ii) the National gallery, (iii) the British museum, (iv) the Victoria and Albert museum, (v) the National portrait gallery, (vi) the Science museum, (vii) the National maritime museum, (viii) the National museum of photography, television and film, (ix) the Natural history museum, (x) the Imperial war museum and (xi) the Yorkshire sculpture park in each of the last five years.

Mr. Luce

The information that the hon. Member has requested is not held centrally and cannot be obtained without disproportionate cost. Levels of grant-in-aid and non-grant income for the national museums and galleries that I sponsor are published annually in the Supply Estimates.

Mr. Fisher

To ask the Minister for the Arts (1) what information he has as to what has been the education budget of(a) the Tate gallery, (b) the National gallery, (c) the British museum, (d) the Victoria and Albert museum, (e) the National portrait gallery, (f) the Science museum, (g) the National maritime museum, (h) the Natural history museum, (i) the Imperial war museum, (j) the National museum of photography, television and film and (k) the Yorkshire sculpture park in each of the last five years;

(2) what information he has as to what has been the advertising and marketing budget for (a) the Tate gallery, (b) the National gallery, (c) the National portrait gallery, (d) the British museum, (e) the Victoria and Albert museum, (f) the National maritime museum, (g) the Imperial war museum, (h) the Science museum, (i) the Natural history museum, (j) the National museum of photography, television and film and (k) the Yorkshire sculpture park in each of the last five years.

Mr. Luce

The budgets of individual institutions cannot be broken down to give the detail the hon. Member has requested without disproportionate cost.