HC Deb 26 January 1993 vol 217 cc632-3W
Mr. Faulds

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the attendance figures for 1992 reported by the national museums and galleries in Scotland, broken down into the individual institutions but including their outstations, with figures in each case of the percentage increase or decrease on the attendances figures for 1991.

Sir Hector Monro

[holding answer 19 January 1993]: The information is as follows:

1992 Percentage change since 1991
National museums of Scotland 1,005,316 -6.12
National galleries of Scotland 759,102 +10.00

The national museums of Scotland comprise the Royal Museum of Scotland buildings at Chambers street and Queen street, Edinburgh, the Scottish agricultural museum, the Scottish united services museum, the Museum of Flight and the Museum of Costume. The national galleries of Scotland comprise the National Gallery of Scotland, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.