§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Minister for the Arts, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside of 16 January,Official Report, columns 210–11, what approaches were made for funding fro his Department to assist with the replacement of the roof of the national railway museum at York; what response he made; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Luce[holding answer 24 January 1990]The national museums and galleries for which I am responsible submit a corporate plan to my office every year detailing796W their priority concerns and their bids for funding. As a result of the priorities put forward in the science museum's 1988 corporate plan, I announced in November 1988 that the provision for the building programme funds at the science museum included additional allocations of £1 million in both 1989–90 and 1990–91 towards the cost of reroofing the national railway museum.