Baroness Neville-Rolfe corrected a written answer on National Media Museum

23 February 2016 · Lords written answer · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Lord Greaves (Liberal Democrat, Life peer) asked written question HL6167 on 11 February 2016. Baroness Neville-Rolfe answered on 23 February 2016 for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and Baroness Neville-Rolfe corrected the answer on 23 February 2016. The corrected text no longer gives the figures 24 million, 41,000, £1bn. Altogether 198 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the National Media Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Royal Photographic Society, Bradford City Council, and any other relevant bodies, about the move of 400,000 items from Bradford to London; and whether they have offered any advice on that matter.

Original and corrected answer

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~~Member houses~~ of the ~~Historic Houses Association make an important contribution~~ to the ~~UK's tourism industry. They attract over 24 million visits per year~~ with a total visitor spend of £1bn; and support 41,000 jobs. Government has made no specific assessment of the ~~possible closures of these historic houses. DCMS continues to work with the HHA and others, including the Heritage Lottery Fund, to support privately owned heritage.~~	DCMS museums operate at arm’s length from government and the transfer of objects between national museums is a matter for the boards of the museums. The transfer of part of the Royal Photographic Society’s collection has been carefully considered by the Trustees of the Science Museum, who approved the transfer of the objects to the V&A, with the Royal Photographic Society also approving the transfer. The Department was informed of this in December 2015. Bradford City Council was regularly consulted while the matter was under consideration. The National Media Museum took this decision in order to focus its offering more effectively, while ensuring that the Royal Photographic Collection is preserved.The V&A intend to store, digitise and make the photographic collection available as part of its planned International Photography Resource Centre, which will provide the public with a world-class facility to access the consolidated collection.

Original

Corrected

~~Member houses~~ of the ~~Historic Houses Association make an important contribution~~ to the ~~UK's tourism industry. They attract over 24 million visits per year~~ with a total visitor spend of £1bn; and support 41,000 jobs.
Government has made no specific assessment of the ~~possible closures of these historic houses. DCMS continues to work with the HHA and others, including the Heritage Lottery Fund, to support privately owned heritage.~~

DCMS museums operate at arm’s length from government and the transfer of objects between national museums is a matter for the boards of the museums. The transfer of part of the Royal Photographic Society’s collection has been carefully considered by the Trustees of the Science Museum, who approved the transfer of the objects to the V&A, with the Royal Photographic Society also approving the transfer. The Department was informed of this in December 2015. Bradford City Council was regularly consulted while the matter was under consideration.
The National Media Museum took this decision in order to focus its offering more effectively, while ensuring that the Royal Photographic Collection is preserved.The V&A intend to store, digitise and make the photographic collection available as part of its planned International Photography Resource Centre, which will provide the public with a world-class facility to access the consolidated collection.

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