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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many licences were granted by the Export Licensing Unit for the exportation of (1) art, (2) antiques, and (3) cultural goods, in each year between 2015 and 2020.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many licences were granted by the Export Licensing Unit for the exportation of (1) art, (2) antiques, and (3) cultural goods, in each year between 2015 and 2020.
Asked by
Lord Risby
(Conservative)
Answered by
Baroness Barran
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 October 2020
For answer on
23 October 2020
Answered on
26 October 2020
The number of export licences granted by the Art Council’s Export Licensing Unit in a particular year is published and laid before Parliament in the annual report of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest. The Committee’s Report for 2018-19 is expected to be published shortly. Figures for 2019-20 are not yet available. The earlier reports can be found here, and are attached:
https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/supporting-collections-and-cultural-property/rcewa-annual-reports
Subjects
Export Licensing Unit
Date
26 October 2020
Reference
HL8987
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I can be absolutely categorical about that. I think the outstanding anxiety is where those licences are required within 24 hours—the same day—and this is the case in fewer than 1 per cent of cases. In those exceptional cases, it is anticipated that the office in Birmingham will be able to offer a service—while certainly a few hours longer than one based in London under any courier system—which will cope with same-day issuing.
My Lords, I can be absolutely categorical about that. I think the outstanding anxiety is where those licences are required within 24 hours—the same day—and this is the case in fewer than 1 per cent of cases. In those exceptional cases, it is anticipated that the office in Birmingham will be able to offer a service—while certainly a few hours longer than one based in London under any courier system—which will cope with same-day issuing.
Answered by
Lord Davies of Oldham
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Crickhowell
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, on the question of turnaround, could the Minister comment on the fact that the art market seems to be so anxious? I understand that, at the moment, almost all of these documents are handled and turned around within five days—and a very high proportion of them within 24 hours. Is the Minister satisfied that that will continue to be achieved when the move to Birmingham is made?
Subjects
Birmingham; Location; Export Licensing Unit
Date
8 July 2009
Reference
712 c668
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, the agreement was from 2006, and that was, of course, honoured. This decision relates to this year and hereafter. The board processes within five days 95 per cent of all applications that it receives. It is quite confident that it can meet the same levels of efficiency with the relocation to Birmingham. The relocation is part of that broader strategy on which the board took its decision.
My Lords, the agreement was from 2006, and that was, of course, honoured. This decision relates to this year and hereafter. The board processes within five days 95 per cent of all applications that it receives. It is quite confident that it can meet the same levels of efficiency with the relocation to Birmingham. The relocation is part of that broader strategy on which the board took its decision.
Answered by
Lord Davies of Oldham
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his Answer. Is he aware that the DCMS in 2005 wrote to interested parties to say that the Export Licensing Unit would co-locate with the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council somewhere within the capital from 2006? Is this move to Birmingham consistent with that undertaking?
Secondly, why is this move to Birmingham happening before the DCMS and the MLA have fulfilled their agreed obligation to introduce an electronic licence application form?
Subjects
Birmingham; Location; Export Licensing Unit
Date
8 July 2009
Reference
712 c667
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, if the Minister is concerned about the cost of going electronic, why is the quango spending £400,000 on moving its centre away from where most of its activity takes place?
My Lords, if the Minister is concerned about the cost of going electronic, why is the quango spending £400,000 on moving its centre away from where most of its activity takes place?
Asked by
Lord Howard of Rising
(Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
8 July 2009
My Lords, that is because it meets other criteria, which I have identified. Also, costs will be reduced in the longer term. I have merely identified in the £750,000 the one obvious and straightforward way in which the service could be made even more efficient than it is—although it is highly efficient and is a source of very little in the way of criticism. It could be made more efficient with this extra deployment of resources, but the House might think it fair that the art industry and those concerned with this exercise, as well as the public purse, should make their contribution.
Subjects
Birmingham; Location; Export Licensing Unit
Date
8 July 2009
Reference
712 c669
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, is it not good to send a message that London does not have—and should not have—a monopoly on all things cultural? Is it not even more important to ensure that money is spent on the service, rather than on a centralised quango, wherever it is located?
My Lords, is it not good to send a message that London does not have—and should not have—a monopoly on all things cultural? Is it not even more important to ensure that money is spent on the service, rather than on a centralised quango, wherever it is located?
Asked by
Baroness Hamwee
(Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
8 July 2009
My Lords, as I have indicated, this decision is not really about culture or the arts in that sense; it is about a licensing system. Therefore, this is rather a straightforward bureaucratic exercise. Those have been the priorities and the criteria attached to it. However, I am happy, of course, to agree with the noble Baroness that we have a rich distribution of the arts in the United Kingdom, and we should value that.
Subjects
Birmingham; Location; Export Licensing Unit
Date
8 July 2009
Reference
712 c669
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, will this save money or increase spending?
My Lords, will this save money or increase spending?
Asked by
Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes
(Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
8 July 2009
My Lords, it will save money in due course, although I emphasise this: the move recommended by the Lyons report is not based on saving money but on a fairer sharing of the jobs in public employment.
Subjects
Birmingham; Location; Export Licensing Unit
Date
8 July 2009
Reference
712 c668-9
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, on the question of turnaround, could the Minister comment on the fact that the art market seems to be so anxious? I understand that, at the moment, almost all of these documents are handled and turned around within five days—and a very high proportion of them within 24 hours. Is the Minister satisfied that that will continue to be achieved when the move to Birmingham is made?
My Lords, on the question of turnaround, could the Minister comment on the fact that the art market seems to be so anxious? I understand that, at the moment, almost all of these documents are handled and turned around within five days—and a very high proportion of them within 24 hours. Is the Minister satisfied that that will continue to be achieved when the move to Birmingham is made?
Asked by
Lord Crickhowell
(Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
8 July 2009
My Lords, I can be absolutely categorical about that. I think the outstanding anxiety is where those licences are required within 24 hours—the same day—and this is the case in fewer than 1 per cent of cases. In those exceptional cases, it is anticipated that the office in Birmingham will be able to offer a service—while certainly a few hours longer than one based in London under any courier system—which will cope with same-day issuing.
Subjects
Birmingham; Location; Export Licensing Unit
Date
8 July 2009
Reference
712 c668
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, can my noble friend confirm that the main reason why this move to the city of Birmingham was made is that it has one of the finest museums and art galleries in the country, and also because it has more canals than Venice, which do not smell as bad?
My Lords, can my noble friend confirm that the main reason why this move to the city of Birmingham was made is that it has one of the finest museums and art galleries in the country, and also because it has more canals than Venice, which do not smell as bad?
Asked by
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
(Labour)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
8 July 2009
My Lords, no, I cannot confirm that. The decision had nothing to do with the merits of Birmingham as the centre for the arts, although I am pleased, of course, to second the proposition that my noble friend has put forward about the glories of Birmingham. I recall that Birmingham art gallery was one of my earliest educational institutions.
Subjects
Birmingham; Location; Export Licensing Unit
Date
8 July 2009
Reference
712 c668
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, can my noble friend confirm that Birmingham is, in fact, within the civilised world? Does he agree that the physical location of the unit would hardly matter if the processing of export licenses for cultural objects could be transacted electronically? Is it still intended to pursue that possibility following the earlier pilot scheme? Meanwhile, can my noble friend assure the House that the officials responsible for the acceptance of the new scheme, which is so important for the enhancement of our public collections, will be enabled to stay closely in touch with the art market in London?
My Lords, can my noble friend confirm that Birmingham is, in fact, within the civilised world? Does he agree that the physical location of the unit would hardly matter if the processing of export licenses for cultural objects could be transacted electronically? Is it still intended to pursue that possibility following the earlier pilot scheme? Meanwhile, can my noble friend assure the House that the officials responsible for the acceptance of the new scheme, which is so important for the enhancement of our public collections, will be enabled to stay closely in touch with the art market in London?
Asked by
Lord Howarth of Newport
(Labour)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
8 July 2009
My Lords, I can be quite categorical on the last point and of course that is the intention of the unit. On the earlier points, I can confirm that Birmingham is a short distance from London. Of course, things will be effected more efficiently if we moved into the electronic age. The cost is £750,000, which is not a negligible cost. The suggestion from the MLA is that those who benefit from the process could usefully make a contribution to that and the suggestion has been made that it might look at this matter. Those discussions will continue. The Government are not prepared—nor is the board prepared from its budget—to sustain the full costs of going electronic. Meanwhile, I emphasise that the turnaround on licences is very rapid and very efficient. Some licences will continue to be issued, and requests responded to, on the same day.
Subjects
Birmingham; Location; Export Licensing Unit
Date
8 July 2009
Reference
712 c667-8
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his Answer. Is he aware that the DCMS in 2005 wrote to interested parties to say that the Export Licensing Unit would co-locate with the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council somewhere within the capital from 2006? Is this move to Birmingham consistent with that undertaking?
Secondly, why is this move to Birmingham happening before the DCMS and the MLA have fulfilled their agreed obligation to introduce an electronic licence application form?
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his Answer. Is he aware that the DCMS in 2005 wrote to interested parties to say that the Export Licensing Unit would co-locate with the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council somewhere within the capital from 2006? Is this move to Birmingham consistent with that undertaking?
Secondly, why is this move to Birmingham happening before the DCMS and the MLA have fulfilled their agreed obligation to introduce an electronic licence application form?
Asked by
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville
(Conservative)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
8 July 2009
My Lords, the agreement was from 2006, and that was, of course, honoured. This decision relates to this year and hereafter. The board processes within five days 95 per cent of all applications that it receives. It is quite confident that it can meet the same levels of efficiency with the relocation to Birmingham. The relocation is part of that broader strategy on which the board took its decision.
Subjects
Cultural heritage; Birmingham; Export controls; Internet; Museums, Libraries and Archives Council; Export Licensing Unit; Location
Date
8 July 2009
Reference
712 c667
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, following government reviews of public sector efficiency, including consideration of the benefits of relocating posts outside London and the south-east, the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council agreed to reduce its posts in London to 25. The decision on which posts to relocate was taken by the MLA board.
My Lords, following government reviews of public sector efficiency, including consideration of the benefits of relocating posts outside London and the south-east, the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council agreed to reduce its posts in London to 25. The decision on which posts to relocate was taken by the MLA board.
Answered by
Lord Davies of Oldham
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what role they played in the proposed move of the Export Licensing Unit of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council to Birmingham.
My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper. In so doing, I declare an interest as the remunerated president of the British Art Market Federation.
Subjects
Birmingham; Location; Export Licensing Unit
Date
8 July 2009
Reference
712 c667
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, as I have indicated, this decision is not really about culture or the arts in that sense; it is about a licensing system. Therefore, this is rather a straightforward bureaucratic exercise. Those have been the priorities and the criteria attached to it. However, I am happy, of course, to agree with the noble Baroness that we have a rich distribution of the arts in the United Kingdom, and we should value that.
My Lords, as I have indicated, this decision is not really about culture or the arts in that sense; it is about a licensing system. Therefore, this is rather a straightforward bureaucratic exercise. Those have been the priorities and the criteria attached to it. However, I am happy, of course, to agree with the noble Baroness that we have a rich distribution of the arts in the United Kingdom, and we should value that.
Answered by
Lord Davies of Oldham
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness Hamwee
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, is it not good to send a message that London does not have—and should not have—a monopoly on all things cultural? Is it not even more important to ensure that money is spent on the service, rather than on a centralised quango, wherever it is located?
Subjects
Birmingham; Location; Export Licensing Unit
Date
8 July 2009
Reference
712 c669
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I can be quite categorical on the last point and of course that is the intention of the unit. On the earlier points, I can confirm that Birmingham is a short distance from London. Of course, things will be effected more efficiently if we moved into the electronic age. The cost is £750,000, which is not a negligible cost. The suggestion from the MLA is that those who benefit from the process could usefully make a contribution to that and the suggestion has been made that it might look at this matter. Those discussions will continue. The Government are not prepared—nor is the board prepared from its budget—to sustain the full costs of going electronic. Meanwhile, I emphasise that the turnaround on licences is very rapid and very efficient. Some licences will continue to be issued, and requests responded to, on the same day.
My Lords, I can be quite categorical on the last point and of course that is the intention of the unit. On the earlier points, I can confirm that Birmingham is a short distance from London. Of course, things will be effected more efficiently if we moved into the electronic age. The cost is £750,000, which is not a negligible cost. The suggestion from the MLA is that those who benefit from the process could usefully make a contribution to that and the suggestion has been made that it might look at this matter. Those discussions will continue. The Government are not prepared—nor is the board prepared from its budget—to sustain the full costs of going electronic. Meanwhile, I emphasise that the turnaround on licences is very rapid and very efficient. Some licences will continue to be issued, and requests responded to, on the same day.
Answered by
Lord Davies of Oldham
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Howarth of Newport
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, can my noble friend confirm that Birmingham is, in fact, within the civilised world? Does he agree that the physical location of the unit would hardly matter if the processing of export licenses for cultural objects could be transacted electronically? Is it still intended to pursue that possibility following the earlier pilot scheme? Meanwhile, can my noble friend assure the House that the officials responsible for the acceptance of the new scheme, which is so important for the enhancement of our public collections, will be enabled to stay closely in touch with the art market in London?
Subjects
Birmingham; Location; Export Licensing Unit
Date
8 July 2009
Reference
712 c667-8
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, that is because it meets other criteria, which I have identified. Also, costs will be reduced in the longer term. I have merely identified in the £750,000 the one obvious and straightforward way in which the service could be made even more efficient than it is—although it is highly efficient and is a source of very little in the way of criticism. It could be made more efficient with this extra deployment of resources, but the House might think it fair that the art industry and those concerned with this exercise, as well as the public purse, should make their contribution.
My Lords, that is because it meets other criteria, which I have identified. Also, costs will be reduced in the longer term. I have merely identified in the £750,000 the one obvious and straightforward way in which the service could be made even more efficient than it is—although it is highly efficient and is a source of very little in the way of criticism. It could be made more efficient with this extra deployment of resources, but the House might think it fair that the art industry and those concerned with this exercise, as well as the public purse, should make their contribution.
Answered by
Lord Davies of Oldham
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Howard of Rising
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, if the Minister is concerned about the cost of going electronic, why is the quango spending £400,000 on moving its centre away from where most of its activity takes place?
Subjects
Birmingham; Location; Export Licensing Unit
Date
8 July 2009
Reference
712 c669
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, it will save money in due course, although I emphasise this: the move recommended by the Lyons report is not based on saving money but on a fairer sharing of the jobs in public employment.
My Lords, it will save money in due course, although I emphasise this: the move recommended by the Lyons report is not based on saving money but on a fairer sharing of the jobs in public employment.
Answered by
Lord Davies of Oldham
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, will this save money or increase spending?
Subjects
Birmingham; Location; Export Licensing Unit
Date
8 July 2009
Reference
712 c668-9
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, no, I cannot confirm that. The decision had nothing to do with the merits of Birmingham as the centre for the arts, although I am pleased, of course, to second the proposition that my noble friend has put forward about the glories of Birmingham. I recall that Birmingham art gallery was one of my earliest educational institutions.
My Lords, no, I cannot confirm that. The decision had nothing to do with the merits of Birmingham as the centre for the arts, although I am pleased, of course, to second the proposition that my noble friend has put forward about the glories of Birmingham. I recall that Birmingham art gallery was one of my earliest educational institutions.
Answered by
Lord Davies of Oldham
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, can my noble friend confirm that the main reason why this move to the city of Birmingham was made is that it has one of the finest museums and art galleries in the country, and also because it has more canals than Venice, which do not smell as bad?
Subjects
Birmingham; Location; Export Licensing Unit
Date
8 July 2009
Reference
712 c668
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what role they played in the proposed move of the Export Licensing Unit of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council to Birmingham.
My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper. In so doing, I declare an interest as the remunerated president of the British Art Market Federation.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what role they played in the proposed move of the Export Licensing Unit of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council to Birmingham.
My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper. In so doing, I declare an interest as the remunerated president of the British Art Market Federation.
Asked by
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Davies of Oldham
(Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
For answer on
8 July 2009
Answered on
8 July 2009
My Lords, following government reviews of public sector efficiency, including consideration of the benefits of relocating posts outside London and the south-east, the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council agreed to reduce its posts in London to 25. The decision on which posts to relocate was taken by the MLA board.
Subjects
Birmingham; Location; Export Licensing Unit
Date
8 July 2009
Reference
712 c667
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many employees the (a) Export Licensing Unit and (b) Advisory Council on the Export of Works of Art had in each year from 1997; what the cost to public funds of each body was in each year (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many employees the (a) Export Licensing Unit and (b) Advisory Council on the Export of Works of Art had in each year from 1997; what the cost to public funds of each body was in each year (i)...
Asked by
Lord Foster of Bath
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Baroness Morris of Yardley
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
27 October 2004
For answer on
4 November 2004
Answered on
4 November 2004
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many employees the (a) Export Licensing Unit
and (b) Advisory Council on the Export of Works of Art had in each year from 1997; what the cost to public funds of each body
was in each year (i) in total, (ii) for staffing costs, (iii) for other administrative costs and (iv) for other costs; and if she
will make a statement. [195062]
Estelle Morris: Details of the staffing levels of DCMS are not recorded in the kind of detail that would be required in order to
provide information about the precise staffing levels of the Export Licensing Unit on a year by year basis since 1997. Accordingly,
details of precise costs cannot be calculated. The current staffing of the Unit consists of approximately 20 per cent. of a
Grade B, two Grade Cs and two Grade Ds. This has involved a slight increase since 1997 as staff numbers have been adjusted according
to the number of licence applications needing to be processed.
The Advisory Council on the Export of Works of Art provides advice to both the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and
DCMS directly from time to time. The Council therefore involves no specific costs to DCMS as it is serviced as a small part of the
work of the Reviewing Committee's secretariat.
Subjects
Expenditure; Staff; Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art; Export Licensing Unit
Date
4 November 2004
Reference
195062; 426 c377-8W
House
House of Commons