§ Mr. FauldsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the attendance figures for 1995 reported by the national museums and galleries in Scotland, broken down into the individual institutions but including their substations, with figures in each case of the percentage increase or decrease on the attendance figures for 1994. [9016]
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 16 January 1996]: The information is as follows:
1995 Percentage change since 1994 National museums of Scotland 1,114,587 -0.5 National galleries of Scotland 901,783 +2.0 Figures for the national museums of Scotland relate to the Royal Museum of Scotland, the Museum of Antiquities, 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 figures relate to the National Gallery of Scotland, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, National Galleries of Scotland exhibitions held in the Royal Scottish Academy and, for the first time, Duff house in Banff.