§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the(a) actual and (b) percentage change was in the Government funding of regimental museums between 1997–98 and 1998–99. [7113]
§ Mr. SpellarWe have advised museum trustees that there will be an overall reduction of 12.7 per cent. in the contribution the Ministry of Defence makes to the funding of regimental and corps museums from April 1998. At current prices, this will mean that the 65 regimental and corps museums in mainland Britain will be required to share a reduction of £138,466 per annum from that date.
§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the regimental museums currently maintained out of public funds. [7112]
§ Mr. SpellarThe Ministry of Defence contributes some funding to 69 regimental and corps museums. They are listed below:
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Museum Location Queen's Dragoon Guards Cardiff Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Edinburgh Royal Dragoon Guards York Queen's Royal Hussars Eastboume Warwick 9th/12th Royal Lancers Derby King's Royal Hussars Preston Light Dragoons Newcastle upon Tyne Queen's Royal Lancers Belvoir Castle Royal Armoured Corps and Royal Tank Regiment Bovington Royal Regiment of Artillery Woolwich Corps of Royal Engineers Chatham Royal Corps of Signals Blandford Foot Guards London Royal Scots Edinburgh Royal Highland Fusiliers Glasgow King's Own Scottish Borderers Berwick upon Tweed Black Watch Perth Highlanders Aberdeen Fort George Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment Dover Winchester Guildford Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Alnwick Warwick Royal Anglian Regiment Bury St. Edmunds Norwich King's Own Royal Border Regiment Carlisle Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire York Green Howards Richmond York and Lancaster Regiment Rotherham Devonshire and Dorset Regiment Dorchester Cheshire Regiment Chester Royal Welch Fusiliers Caernarfon Royal Regiment of Wales Cardiff Brecon Royal Gloucester, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment Gloucester Salisbury Worcester and Sherwood Foresters Regiment Worcester Nottingham Staffordshire Regiment Lichfield Light Infantry Winchester Bodmin Shrewsbury Royal Green Jackets Winchester
Museum Location Royal Irish Regiment Enniskillen Parachute Regiment Aldershot Gurkhas Winchester Royal Army Medical Corps Aldershot Royal Army Dental Corps Aldershot Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Aldershot Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Arborfield Army Air Corps Middle Wallop Royal Army Chaplains' Department 1Upavon Adjutant General's Corps (Royal Military Police) Chichester Army Physical Training Corps Aldershot Household Cavalry Windsor King's Royal Hussars Winchester Light Dragoons Barnsley Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Stirling Royal Regiment of Fusiliers London Bury Royal Anglian Regiment Chelmsford Northampton Queen's Lancashire Regiment Preston Royal Irish Regiment Ballymena Armagh Royal Logistic Corps Camberley Royal Irish Regiment Belfast 1 The Chaplains' Department Museum is currently in store at Upavon and closed to the public awaiting transfer to Netheravon.