HC Deb 28 May 2004 vol 422 cc47-8W
Mr. Boris Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of trends in the number of visitors to museums neither funded by her Department nor participating in the Renaissance in the Regions programme. [176455]

Estelle Morris

Estimates drawn from published data1suggest that, between 2000 and 20022, the mean number of visits to these museums (museums in England not directly funded by DCMS nor participating in Renaissance in the Regions) went up by 4 per cent.

1Visits to Visitor Attractions, published by Visit Britain.

2Latest figures available