Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish the reviewed Treasure Act Code of Practice; when that code was last reviewed; and what the timetable is for future such reviews.

The reviewed and revised Treasure Act Code of Practice will be published following a planned public consultation, in accordance with the Treasure Act 1996. The last revised code was published in 2007, and the code is currently under review. We plan to issue a public consultation containing proposals from the review in the coming months.