Edward Vaizey corrected a written answer on Museums and Galleries: Greater London
Mr Jamie Reed (Labour, Copeland) asked written question 8186 on 21 July 2015. Mr Edward Vaizey answered on 7 September 2015 for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and Mr Edward Vaizey corrected the answer on 7 September 2015. The corrected text adds the figure £1.2m, which the original did not give. Altogether 38 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to support museums in making exhibitions at national museums based in London accessible to school children in remote constituencies.
Original and corrected answer
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| National Museums based in London frequently tour exhibitions to other venues in the UK or loan objects to regional museums enabling access by children in remote constituencies. The Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photography of the Year exhibition has for example been to ten UK venues including Cumbria's Rheged Centre. | National Museums based in London frequently tour exhibitions to other venues in the UK or loan objects to regional museums enabling access by children in remote constituencies. The Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photography of the Year exhibition has for example been to ten UK venues including Cumbria's Rheged Centre. The Department of Education announced further funding in January of £1.2m to continue supporting National Museums working with regional museums to enable an increase in visits by schools in regions where take-up by schools has traditionally been low. |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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