Mr. H. Wilsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the total number of works of art so far surrendered to the Treasury in lieu of death duties under the 1956 Finance Act, the total value of the items in question, where they are now on exhibition, and, for each of the financial years since the passing of the Act, the number of estates so involved.
§ Mr. SimonTen works have been accepted, at a total value of £1,145,000, and have been transferred to the National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum and British Museum for exhibition. Two estates have been involved in these transfers, one in the financial year 1956–57 and the other in 1957–58 and 1958–59.