A Westminster Hall debate on Local museums is scheduled for Wednesday 7 March 2018 at 2.30pm. The Member leading the debate is Stephen Kerr MP.
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The Museum Association data suggests that local authority museums account for 24% of all museums. This is the second highest category after independent museums which comprise 43%. The table on the right presents estimated museum distribution by type in 2016/17.
Attendance was higher in almost half (47%) of all museums 2016/17 compared to 2015/16. In contrast around one-third (32%) reported decrease in attendance and one fifth (19%) similar attendance levels.
The chart below shows funding changes by museum type. Around 26% of all museums indicated that funding was lower in 2016/17 compared to 2015/16. It decreased in 39% of local authority museums and 54% of IFLA museums.
In 2016/17, 38% of IFLA museums and 37% of current local authority museums reported an increase in funding, compared to just 18% of all museums.
Around 42% of local authority museums indicated that their income had stayed the same. This compares with 35% of all museums and just 8% of IFLA museums.
The chart on the right shows that regular public income (all public revenue funding, such as money received from a local authority or higher education institution) stayed the same in 51%, and increased in 14% of all museums.
In contrast, 46% of all museums indicated that earned income from sources such as cafes and shops increased and 32% reported that this income was the same in 2016/17 compared to 2015/16.
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The creative industries tax reliefs allow companies involved in the production of several artistic outputs to reduce their corporation tax liability. The first one was the film tax relief, and it was introduced in 2007.
Grassroots sport in the UK is supported by the four national sports funding bodies as well as by central government programmes and charities.
Gambling advertising has been permitted across all British media since 2007, but some are concerned that advertising could encourage harmful or excessive gambling.
