To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many members of the public visited the Parliamentary Archives in Victoria Tower in each of the last five years. (191280)

The number of visits by members of the public in organised groups to the Parliamentary Archives’ repository in the Victoria Tower was 225 (20 groups) in 2003-04, 360 (26 groups) in 2004-05, 495 (40 groups) in 2005-06, 442 (39 groups) in 2006-07, and 412 (41 groups) in 2007-08.