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Art Exports

Volume 454: debated on Monday 4 December 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department has spent on administering the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art in each year since 1997. (106377)

The information requested is as follows:

Expenditure (£ million)

1996-97

0.016

1997-98

0.016

1998-99

0.017

1999-2000

0.018

2000-01

0.020

2001-02

0.020

2002-03

10.135

2003-04

10.213

2004-05

1

1 In 2002-03 the method of calculation of administrative costs changed to include the cost of staff supporting the Committee.

2 Disaggregated figure not available.

From April 2005 the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council took over administration of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest (RCEWA). The administration costs are included within their overall Grant in Aid.