Cultural Heritage: Export Controls
(asked on 7th June 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many objects of cultural or historical significance have been subject to an export ban since 2016.
This question was answered on 11th June 2021
The number of cultural objects for which a decision on the export licence was deferred are published in the annual report of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest. These are available on the website of Arts Council England.
For the years 2016 -17 and 2017-2018, 61 objects were placed under export-deferral.
The figures for 2018-19 and 2019-20 will be published shortly.