The Earl of Clancarty – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Earl of Clancarty on 2016-07-19.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to maintain their policy of universal free access to the UK’s national museums and galleries.

Lord Ashton of Hyde

Yes. The Government recognises the benefits that free access to the national museums and galleries brings to the public and to the UK economy. The Spending Review 2015 committed to continued free access to the permanent collections of the national museums and galleries as part of a settlement that maintained funding in cash terms for museum and galleries over the Spending Review period. Museum policy is a devolved matter for their respective administrations although the National Museums of Wales and Scotland are also free of charge, as are the National Armed Forces museums sponsored by the Ministry of Defence.