§ Mr. FauldsTo ask the Minister for the Arts whether he will publish in theOfficial Report the attendance figures for 1990 reported by national museums and galleries in England for which he is responsible, broken down into the individual institutions, but including their outstations, with figures in each case of the percentage increase or decrease on the attendance figures for 1989.
§ Mr. RentonThe estimated number of visitors during 1990 to the 11 national museums and galleries for which I am responsible are as follows: 11W
Estimated Attendance in 1990 Percentage Change from 1989 British Museum 5,079,472 +8.4 Imperial War Museum 1,257,277 +4.4 National Gallery 3,682,233 +9.3 National Maritime Museum 595,353 +40.5 National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside 1,292,590 -4.2 National Portrait Gallery 602,069 -3.7 Natural History Museum 1,459,100 -5.8 Science Museum 2,683,349 +2.9 Tate Gallery 2,210,254 +13.9 Victoria and Albert Museum 1,356,944 -1.6 Wallace Collection 135,866 +5.3 Total 20,354,507 +5.7