Written question asked by Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 18 October 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 October 2002. It was answered by Kim Howells (Labour) on Thursday, 24 October 2002 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of the artifacts and collections in the British Museum were maintained at the right environmental condition in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000, (c) 2000-01, (d) 2001-02 and (e) 2002-03 to date. - Inc table.

Answer: Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many of the artifacts and collections in the British Museum were maintained at the right environmental condition in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000, (c) 2000-01, (d) 2001-02 and (e) 2002-03 to date. [76601] Dr. Howells: The information is shown in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Number of items held at the 6.2m 6.5m 6.7m 6.8m 6.9m correct environmental conditions (in millions) Percentage of items out of 79% 83% 85% 87% 88% total collection held at the correct environmental conditions _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 76601; 391 c448W;391 c446W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Conservation Artworks British Museum Environment Temperature Collections
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk