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Mr. Faulds
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will publish in the Official Report the attendance figures for 1978 reported by the national museums and galleries in England, broken down to the individual institutions but comprising their outstations, with figures in each area of the percentage increase or decrease on the attendance figures for 1977.
Mr. Oakes
Following is the information requested:in England in respect of objects lent to their permanent collections on a long-term basis, broken down to the individual institutions, and recording the comprehensive total for all the institutions together.
Mr. Oakes
The total was £22,522,847. The amounts in respect of the individual institutions are given below:
| £ | |
| British Library | 1,500,000 |
| British Museum | 1,662,590 |
| Science Museum | 500,000 |
| Victoria and Albert Museum | 11,222,832 |
| Imperial War Museum | 385,900 |
| National Gallery | 10,200 |
| National Maritime Museum | 891,325 |
| National Portrait Gallery | 1,350,000 |
| Tate Gallery | 5,000,000 |