§ Sir Patrick CormackTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list those museums and galleries which form part of universities in the United Kingdom and for which they have financial responsibility, direct or indirect, indicating the location, date of foundation, nature of governing body or bodies, name of the director, number of permanent staff, total annual running cost, number of visitor admissions per year, and any admission charge made, at the most recent convenient date. [8078]
§ Mr. ForthThe Higher Education Funding Council for England—HEFC—provides financial support for 23 museums, galleries and collections at 13 universities. In addition, it provides financial support for earth sciences collections at four of these institutions. The table lists the higher education museums, galleries and collections that receive support.
"The Museums Yearbook", published by the Museums Association gives details of location, date of foundation, nature of governing body, name of director, permanent staff, number of visitor admissions each year and
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Pupils taking free school meals in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools by region in England 1991 to 1996 Position in January each year 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 North 88,703 95,102 99,500 101,456 100,589 North West 191,052 207,690 217,154 218,516 226,072 East Anglia 27,657 33,369 35,868 36,607 37,019 Yorkshire and Humberside 120,243 130,571 136,066 137,382 140,239 West Midlands 133,311 148,944 155,509 154,062 154,677 East Anglia 68,415 78,212 83,624 85,763 86,604 Greater London 169,787 196,965 219,229 230,650 241,705 Other South East 134,528 167,783 184,492 185,469 186,062 South West 68,272 82,690 85,684 84,932 87,459 England 1,001,968 1,141,326 1,217,126 1,234,837 1,260,426 admission charge made for museums and galleries across the UK. It is available in the Library. Details of the annual running costs are held by individual museums and galleries.
Higher education museums, galleries and collections receiving HEFCE non-formula funding 1996–97 Museum, gallery or collection Higher education institution Holburne Museum and Crafts Study Centre University of Bath Barber Institute of Fine Art University of Birmingham Earth Sciences Collection University of Birmingham Fitzwilliam Museum University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology University of Cambridge Whipple Museum of the History of Science University of Cambridge Earth Sciences Collection University of Cambridge Oriental Museum University of Durham Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts University of East Anglia University of Leeds Art Collections and Gallery University of Leeds Courtauld Institute Galleries University of London SOAS—Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art University of London Witt and Conway Photographic Collection University of London College Art Collection University College London Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology University College London Manchester Museum University of Manchester Whitworth Art Gallery University of Manchester Earth Sciences Collection University of Manchester Silver Studio Collection University of Middlesex Museum of Antiquities University of Newcastle upon Tyne Hancock Museum University of Newcastle upon Tyne Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology University of Oxford Pitt Rivers Museum University of Oxford Museum of the History of Science University of Oxford Oxford University Museum (Scientific Collections) University of Oxford Earth Sciences Collection University of Oxford Museum of English Rural Life University of Reading