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Written question asked by Andrew Faulds (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 March 1997. It was answered by Iain Sproat (Conservative) on Thursday, 20 March 1997 on behalf of the Department of National Heritage.

Dept of National Heritage

Question
If she will place in the Library the attendance figures for the financial year ended 31st March reported by the national museums and galleries for which she is responsible, broken down into the individual institutions, but including their outstations, with figures in each case of the percentage change on the attendance figures for the preceding year. - Table given and inc fact that more accurate figures for 1996-97 will be available in July.
Answer

Mr. Faulds: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will place in the Library the attendance figures for the financial year ended 31 March reported by the national museums and galleries for which she is responsible, broken down into the individual institutions, but including their outstations, with figures in each case of the percentage change on the attendance figures for the preceding year. [21338] Mr. Sproat: The following table lists the forecast number of visits to the 12 national museums and galleries in England for the financial year ended 31 March 1997, and the actual figures for the financial year 1995-96. The information is provided by the institutions. More accurate figures for 1996-97 will be available in July. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of visits in 1995-96 Forecast number of visits in Provisional percentage (million) 1996-97 (million) increase/decrease over the previous year British Museum{1} 6.1 6.5 +7 Imperial War Museum 1.31 1.23 -6 National Gallery{1} 4.5 5.0 +25 National Maritime Museum 0.58 0.44 -24 National Museums and Galleries on 1.22 1.21 -1 Merseyside{1} National Portrait Gallery{1} 0.82 0.79 -4 Natural History Museum 1.46 1.75 +20 National Museum of Science and 2.7 2.7 -- Industry{1} Tate Gallery{1} 3.1 2.5 -19 Victoria and Albert Museum 1.49 1.60 +5 Wallace Collection{1} 0.16 0.18 +13 Royal Armouries at Fort Nelson 0.02 0.03 +34 Total 23.5 23.9 +2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} The number of visits to premises for which admission is not charged are estimated or counted by other means. 1. It is not possible to accurately identify the number of visits to the Royal Armouries in the Tower of London. The forecast number of visits to the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds which opened in March 1996 is 455,000. Copies have been placed in the Libraries of the House.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
21338; 292 c702-4W
Session
1996-97
Subjects
Attendance Museums and galleries
Contains statistics
Yes