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Mr. Bill Walker
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if any works of art accepted in lieu of inheritance tax have been allocated since he last made an announcement.
1998–89 | 1989–90 | |||||||
Region | (a) Serious irregularity | (b) Minor breach | (c) Payment withheld | (a) Serious irregularity | (b) Minor breach | (c) Payment withheld | ||
in full | in part | in full | in part | |||||
Borders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Central | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 3 |
Dumfries and Galloway | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Fife | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Grampian | — | 27 | 3 | 24 | — | 30 | 1 | 29 |
Highland | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Lothian | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Tayside | — | 8 | 1 | 7 | — | 5 | — | 5 |
Others | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Total | — | 37 | 4 | 33 | — | 41 | 1 | 40 |
Dr. David Clark
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many farmers have received payment under the set-aside scheme, for each year since 1988, in each
Payments for 1988–89 (set-aside agreements entered into in 1988) | ||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | |
Region | Horse-based activities | Golf courses | Game cover (commercial) | Sports grounds | Other recreational facilities | Other |
Borders | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Fife | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Grampian | 17 | — | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Mr. Lang
I am particularly pleased to announce that I am allocating the following pre-eminent works of art accepted in lieu of inheritance tax to the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, on permanent loan.
Items | Amount of tax satisfied |
Portrait of Selina Thistlethwayte by Thomas Gainsbourgh | £6,650,000 |
Portrait of Robert Thistlethwayte of Norman Court by Thomas Gainsbourgh | |
Portrait of Pierre Pecquius by Sir Peter Paul Rubens | |
View of Wageningen by Hercules Seghers |