HC Deb 03 April 1995 vol 257 c937W
Mr. Faulds

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will list the objects and property accepted

Item Tax satisfied £ Conditions as to destination Date of MGC recommendation
Drawing, 'Contraholz Solo' by Paul Klee 59,048 Wish 12.08.93
Drawings 'Tête de Ferame, 1924' and Tête de Femme, 1937' by Picasso. Vase 'The artist at his easel' by Picasso 325,952 Wish 12.08.93
Fairfax Archives 24,500 Unconditional 23.08.93
George I silver kettle and stand 130,000 Wish 21.01.94
Painting 'The Council of Horses' by Ferneley 350,000 Conditional 01.05.93
Collection of riding tack 1,700 Conditional 17.02.94
The Acland Archive 42,000 Conditional 16.08.93
'Black Painting 1958' by William Scott 35,000 Conditional 06.09.93
Collection of architectural drawings 79,093 Conditional 13.01.94
Chattels at Castle Fraser 107,709 Conditional 17.01.94
Number 2 Willow Road by Erno Goldfinger 203,111 Hybrid purchase with National Trust n/a
'Dido and Aeneas' by Jacopo Amigoni 207,030 Unconditional 21.01.93
Benthall Hall chattels 25,540 Wish 28.03.94
Busts of Matthew Bolton by John Flaxman and James Watt by Sir Francis Chantrey 122,500 Wish 28.03.94
Fitzherbert papers 49,000 Conditional 25.05.94
Studio and contents of F E McWilliam 35,000 Conditional 11.08.93
'Stonehenge' by J M W Turner 192,000 Conditional 28.03.94
Collection of Islamic books 3,500 Conditional 26.08.94
Calke Abbey chattels 143,473 Conditional 03.12.93
Chattels at Nymans 176,055 Conditional 18.04.94
Musical automation clock by Thomas Weekes 59,147.26 Unconditional 06.09.94
Florentine terracotta roundel by Foggini 26,600 Unconditional 26.07.94
Study for a portrait by Francis Bacon 680,000 Wish 01.05.93
Silver gilt wine-fountain 770,000 Conditional 11.06.93
Six sculptures by Naum Gabo 979,616 Conditional 28.03.94
Paintings 'L' Artiste dans son Atelier' by Marc Chagall and 'La Condition Humaine' by René Magritte 665,000 Conditional 26.07.94
Paintings 'A Village Wedding' by Jan Steen, 'The Castle of Bentheim from below' by Jacob Van Ruisdale and 'The Bird Trap' by Nicholas Berchem 665,000 Conditional 05.12.93

The total expenditure for the financial year 1994–95 was £6,160,116. This includes an additional payment of £2,041.74 for the painting, "Weeping Woman" by Picasso which was accepted in 1986–87. Five offers costing £3,759,616 were met by calls on the reserve.