To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for each of the national museums and galleries in the United Kingdom (1) how many staff are employed, and (2) how many of those are now employed through private contractors.

The DCMS is responsible for 13 National sponsored Museums and Galleries in England; other National Museums in the UK are the responsibility of the devolved administrations, and other departments. The Museums that DCMS does sponsor operate at arm’s length from the department, and as such are responsible for their own staffing arrangements. We do not hold the data for staff employed through private contracts, and it would incur disproportionate cost to find out. We do hold details of the museums in house employees in the Public Bodies 2014 publication (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-bodies-2014). As of 31 March 2014 the number of Full Time Equivalent employees was: