Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 47850

Cultural Heritage: Export Controls

Tabled: 24 April 2025
Answered: 29 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Andrew Griffith

ConservativeArundel and South Downs

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications for export licences for objects of cultural interest were (a) received and (b) granted in each month of the past 5 years; and what was the total value of these items.

Answer

Chris Bryant
The Export Licensing Unit, run by Arts Council England, received a total number of 27,501 applications for export licenses for objects of cultural interest from May 2020-April 2025, a monthly average of 466. The total number of granted applications was 25...

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