HC Deb 02 May 2001 vol 367 cc658-9W
Maria Eagle

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the allocations of items accepted in lieu of inheritance tax, made in the financial year 2000–01 under sections 9(3) and (4) of the National Heritage Act 1980. [160256]

Allocations made under National Heritage Act 9(3) of items accepted in lieu of tax in the financial year 2000–01—permanent allocations
Item To whom permanently allocated
Paintings by Jan Steen, Aelbert Cuyp and Adriaen van Ostade The National Trust for display at Waddesdon Manor and Ascott
A collection of mostly 18th and 19th century architectural drawings Victoria and Albeit Museum
A pair of rococo silver candelabra and a 17th century silver tankard Victoria and Albert Museum
A group of Limoges Renaissance enamels The National Trust for display at Waddesdon Manor
Paintings by Jan van Goyen National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (Walker Art Gallery)
Five sculptures by Barbara Hepworth Fitzwilliam Museum (three on display at Snape, Suffolk and one at Church College)
A silver-gilt William and Mary communion set Winchester Cathedral
Two paintings by William Gear Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Four portraits of the Meynell family by Francis Grant and John Hoppner Temple Newsam House, Leeds
Two Longton Hall 'Snowman' figures Stoke on Trent, Potteries Museum
Cimabue: Virgin and Child Enthroned National Gallery
Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger: Portrait of an Unknown Woman Tate
The Dacre Beasts Victoria and Albert Museum
Henry Moore: Mother and Child Leeds City Art Gallery
William Gomm Library Furniture Stoneleigh Abbey Preservation Trust
Richard Wilson: Landscape National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (Walker Art Gallery)
George Romney: Viscountess Bulkeley as Hebe National Museum and Gallery, Cardiff
Thomas Jones: Landscape National Museum and Gallery, Cardiff

Allocations made under National Heritage Act 9(4) of items accepted in lieu of tax in the financial year 2000–01—temporary allocations (and not yet superseded by a permanent direction)
Item To whom temporarily allocated
Chippendale and Adam Chairs National Gallery of Scotland for Duff House
The archive of Sir Ernest Makins and Baron Sherfield Bodleian Library, Oxford University
Three mediaeval books The National Library of Scotland
Walter Smith: The Wydow Edith (1525) British Library
The Wentworth Muniments Sheffield Record Office and North Yorkshire Record Office
A 14th century ivory mirror back Victoria and Albert Museum
John Crome: Fishmarket at Boulogne Norwich, The Castle Museum
Metsu: Lady at a Spinet English Heritage for display at Kenwood
Tinteretto: Portrait of an Unknown Man Leighton House, Kensington
George Stubbs: Lord Rockingham's Arab Stallion National Gallery of Scotland
George Ehret: Deliciae Botanicae National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside
Hendrick Goltzius: Drawing National Gallery of Scotland
Three mediaeval books National Library of Scotland
A collection of 18th century Scottish silver National Museum of Scotland
A Norwegian 14th century ivory crozier head Victoria and Albert Museum
Land at Ham Hill, Somerset South Somerset District Council