HL Deb 05 July 2000 vol 614 cc144-6WA
Earl Attlee

asked Her Majesty's Government:

For the last convenient 12-month period, how many people: (a) visited the National Army Museum at Chelsea; and (b) paid to visit the National Army Museum's vehicles on display at the Museum of Army Transport at Beverley. [HL2850]

The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean)

During the last financial year the total number of visitors to the National Army Museum was 114,482. The museum does not charge for entrance.

It is understood that during year 1999–2000, there was a total of 30,000 paying visitors to the National Army Museum's vehicles on display at the Museum of Army Transport.