HC Deb 12 March 2002 vol 381 cc932-3W
James Purnell

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) whether overseas loans are taken into account when her Department assesses the proportion of total collection on display to the public; [40333]

(2) what loans from the Royal Armouries collection have not been returned after a period of three years. [40334]

Dr. Howells

[holding answer 6 March 2002]: The number of overseas loans varies substantially from one museum to another and is not a key performance measure used by my Department.

I shall place in the Library details of loans made from the Royal Armouries' collections over three years ago that have not yet been returned.