HC Deb 06 July 1984 vol 63 cc341-2W
Mr. Knox

asked the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State answering in respect of the Arts if he will list in the Official Report the occasions since 1979 when works of art have been accepted in lieu of tax and in each case the total value of tax exemption granted.

Mr. Waldegrave

The information requested is as follows:

Amount of tax satisifed
Works ofArt £
1980–81
(i) Collection of paintings by Cezanne, Manet and Monet 131,000
(ii) A sculpture by Dame Barbara Hepworth-Nicholson 23,536
(iii) Paintings by David Teniers the Younger, Philips Wouverman, Gillis Peeters, Gainsborough Dupont and William Hoare 122,500
An Archive of manuscripts and other documents
1981–82
(i) Two water-colours by J. M. W. Tumer 50,662
(ii) Drawings by Michelangelo and Pieter Breugel 628,887
(iii) Collection of 28 paintings 53,277
(iv) "The Betrayal of Christ' by Sir Anthony Van Dyck 702,635
(v) A fourteenth century ivory diptych 12,813
(vi) J. M. W. Turner water-colour 15,150
1982–83
(i) Four paintings by Dominic Serres 37,050
(ii) Verzelini glass gablet 52,750
(iii) Collection of portraits and papers related to William Wordsworth 9,900
(iv) A painting by Eric Kennington 12,119
(v) The Godman collection of Islamic pottery 1,750,000
(vi) A double-sided drawing by Albrecht Durer 259,492
(vii) A collection of Chinese ceramics and works of art 50,112.50
1983–84
(i) Two paintings by Antonio Jolio 45,625
(ii) Papers of George Constantinesco 6,000
(iii) Chattels at Clandon House 14,400.36
(iv) Rembrandt Drawing 7,335
(v) The papers of Sir William and Lady MacTaggart 14,840
(vi) 17 paintings by Sir Winston Churchill 82,564
(vii) Needlework casket 2,056.25
(viii) Two paintings by Canaletto 312,098
(ix) Two paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby One painting by Michele Marieschi 72,275
(x) A painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds 138,423
(xi) A painting by Francis Wheatley "The Return from Shooting" 110,690

Admissions 10 mental illness hospitals and units in East Anglian RHA with a main diagnosis of drug dependence
District Health Authority 1977 1978 *1979 *1980 *1981 *†l982
Cambridge 18 22 13 14 11 5
Peterborough 4 3 Nil 3 2 4
West Suffolk (formerly Bury St. Edmunds) 1 Nil 1 Nil Nil 7
East Suffolk (formerly Ipswich) 8 5 6 5 2 Nil
Norwich 27 32 16 9 15 12
Great Yarmouth and Waveney Nil Nil Nil Nil 1 Nil

Works ofArt £
(xii) Four paintings by Allan Ramsey 9,040
1984–85
(i) Drawings by Sir Jacob Epstein 70,000
(ii) Sculpture by Dame Barbara Hepworth-Nicholson 145,191

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