HC Deb 19 January 1994 vol 235 cc708-9W
Mr. Faulds

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the attendance figures for 1993 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 attendance figures for 1992.

Sir Hector Monro

[holding answer 18 January 1994]: The information is as follows:

1993 Percentage change since 1992
National Museums of Scotland 1,072,716 +6.70
National Galleries of Scotland 746,508 -1.66

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, the Museum of Costume and the Gasworks museum. The national galleries of Scotland comprise the National Gallery of Scotland, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the Scottish National Portrait gallery.