Mr. Betts:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he expects to lay before the House the order increasing society lottery limits. [234823]
Barbara Follett:
I shall very shortly be laying an order before the House to increase the proceeds limit for social lottery draws.
Museums and Galleries
Chris Ruane:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many visits there were to national museums in each of the last 16 years. [234505]
Barbara Follett:
The information requested is set out in the following tables.
Institution
1990-91
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
British Museum
5,050,000
5,960,000
6,910,000
6,030,000
6,240,000
6,130,000
6,500,000
6,100,000
4,488,065
Geffrye Museum
40,000
42,000
42,000
42,000
46,000
52,000
55,000
60,000
85,447
Horniman Museum
120,000
145,000
184,000
204,000
186,000
163,000
222,000
220,000
210,599
Imperial War Museum
1,210,000
1,080,000
1,150,000
1,190,000
1,270,000
1,310,000
1,300,000
1,350,000
1,374,103
Museum of London
400,000
380,000
320,000
300,000
270,000
270,000
280,000
300,000
322,644
Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester
330,000
330,000
340,000
310,000
280,000
260,000
340,000
230,000
322,977
National Gallery
3,700,000
4,400,000
4,200,000
4,000,000
4,350,000
3,900,000
4,000,000
4,200,000
4,800,000
National Maritime Museum
550,000
600,000
540,000
530,000
620,000
580,000
400,000
470,000
482,038
National Museums Liverpool
1,290,000
1,200,000
1,190,000
1,360,000
1,360,000
1,230,000
790,000
630,000
700,000
National Museum of Science and Industry
2,440,000
2,610,000
2,580,000
2,670,000
2,510,000
2,700,000
2,540,000
2,400,000
2,158,462
National Portrait Gallery
600,000
600,000
560,000
790,000
930,000
820,000
890,000
950,000
994,491
Natural History Museum
1,600,000
1,480,000
1,730,000
1,740,000
1,640,000
1,460,000
1,800,000
1,820,000
1,794,870
Royal Armouries(1)
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—
—
—
—
—
394,000
349,000
335,000
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Sir John Soane’s Museum
60,000
53,000
50,000
52,000
58,000
76,000
84,000
92,000
84,998
Tate Gallery
2,170,000
2,500,000
2,200,000
2,700,000
2,800,000
3,000,000
2,500,000
2,200,000
3,033,527
Tyne and Wear Museums Service
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—
—
—
—
930,000
1,050,000
1,170,000
1,154,981
Victoria and Albert Museum
1,270,000
1,400,000
1,450,000
1,580,000
1,600,000
1,530,000
1,590,000
1,450,000
1,438,200
Wallace Collection
130,000
170,000
200,000
150,000
150,000
160,000
180,000
180,000
189,499
Total
20,960,000
22,950,000
23,646,000
23,648,000
24,310,000
24,571,000
24,915,000
24,171,000
23,969,901
Institution
1999-2000
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
British Museum
4,368,430
4,589,000
4,813,119
4,623,500
4,622,169
4,778,200
4,485,482
4,902,259
6,049,000
Geffrye Museum
104,049
85,676
82,639
81,194
86,529
79,959
79,408
76,907
80,352
Horniman Museum
186,377
116,286
130,581
250,387
272,220
303,428
282,856
429,866
477,894
Imperial War Museum
1,372,000
1,609,000
1,607,929
1,980,000
1,966,000
2,056,446
1,906,510
1,956,069
1,999,331
Museum of London
338,295
370,664
311,900
362,685
381,528
556,545
481,866
471,786
418,052
Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester
301,245
287,814
389,582
434,055
381,932
481,039
411,547
408,469
819,104
National Gallery
5,000,000
4,780,000
4,859,000
4,100,000
4,648,000
4,909,000
3,953,000
4,734,000
3,912,000
National Maritime Museum
874,434
799,777
1,004,604
1,208,000
1,365,264
1,532,690
1,512,191
1,633,592
1,782,405
National Museums Liverpool
791,355
710,210
823,000
1,240,000
1,525,520
1,537,590
1,608,133
1,694,065
2,167,626
National Museum of Science and Industry
2,831,087
2,822,486
3,061,148
4,260,468
4,270,255
3,815,850
3,576,679
4,373,176
4,492,767
National Portrait Gallery
996,712
1,219,167
1,479,179
1,319,527
1,425,655
1,468,875
1,528,628
1,664,894
1,645,680
Natural History Museum
1,761,000
1,691,738
2,196,416
2,893,337
3,143,935
3,328,478
3,281,810
3,892,878
3,779,420
Royal Armouries(1)
218,000
235,000
337,626
398,000
380,000
432,755
394,720
376,269
443,202
Sir John Soane’s Museum
96,823
83,827
86,548
86,461
94,054
87,165
84,624
92,141
93,301
Tate Gallery
2,482,522
6,733,691
5,528,219
6,332,787
6,214,869
6,293,000
6,412,000
7,708,000
7,711,283
Tyne and Wear Museums Service
1,056,194
1,166,123
1,450,312
1,277,739
1,341,710
1,673,907
1,568,901
1,493,156
1,501,767
Victoria and Albert Museum
1,217,000
1,342,000
1,862,500
2,532,500
2,689,500
2,471,600
2,195,500
2,874,700
2,623,100
Wallace Collection
171,867
255,993
228,991
233,918
236,255
288,009
219,214
277,648
346,980
Total
24,167,390
28,898,452
30,253,293
33,614,558
35,045,395
36,094,536
33,983,069
39,059,875
40,343,264
(1) Royal Armouries in Leeds opened in March 1996.
