§ Mr. FauldsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will publish in theOfficial Report the attendance figures for 1990 reported by the national museums and galleries in Scotland, broken down into the 145W individual institutions but including their outstations, with the figures in each case of the percentage increase or decrease on the attendance figures for 1989.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 21 January 1991]: The information is as follows:
1990 Percentage Change since 1989 National Galleries of Scotland 808,803 +13.98 National Museums of Scotland 1,001,827 +11.39 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 national museums of Scotland comprise the royal museum of Scotland buildings at Chambers street and Queen street,
October 1988 September 1989 July 1990 Percentage change 1988 to 1989 Percentage change 1989 to 1990 Borders 82,840 77,935 78,285 -5.9 0.4 Central n/a 206,389 204,412 n/a -1.9 Dumfries and Galloway 110,859 111,326 111,434 0.4 0.1 Fife 253,500 269,058 259,961 6.1 -3.4 Grampian 377,766 377,785 373,581 0.0 -1.1 Highland n/a 147,771 148,270 n/a 0.3 Lothian 589,209 604,320 578,982 2.6 -4.2 Strathclyde 1,786,017 1,761,450 1,737,284 -1.4 -1.4 Tayside 290,700 295,490 291,682 1.6 -1.3 Orkney 14,775 14,329 14,372 -3.0 0.3 Shetland 16,459 16,021 15,982 -2.7 -0.2 Western Isles n/a 22,315 22,165 n/a -0.7 All Scotland total n/a 3,904,189 3,834,410 n/a -1.8 n/a: Not available.