HC Deb 12 June 2000 vol 351 c499W
27. Jane Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps he is taking to improve pensioners' access to museums and galleries. [123697]

Mr. Alan Howarth

I refer my hon. Friend to the oral answer I gave earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Lancaster and Wyre (Mr. Dawson),Official Report, column 499W.

Mr. Dawson

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps he is taking to give pensioners easier access to museums and galleries. [123672]

Mr. Alan Howarth

From 1 April free entry for the over 60s was introduced to those museums funded by my Department which currently charge for admission, including the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, the National Museum of Science and Industry, the Natural History Museum, the Imperial War Museum, the National Maritime Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.