Official Statistics

Table showing the value of items placed under deferral (2001-02 to 2010-11) (i) for which permanent licences were issued and (ii) where items were purchased by UK institutions or individuals

Updated 15 November 2011
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Table showing the value of items placed under deferral (2001-02 to 2010-11) (i) for which permanent licences were issued and (ii) where items were purchased by UK institutions or individuals.
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Year Value of items where a decision on the licence application was deferred Value (at deferral) of cases in (2) where items were licensed for permanent export Value of items in (3) as % of (2) Value of items in (2) that were not licensed for export Value (at deferral) of cases in (2) where items were purchased by UK institutions or individuals[1] Value of items in (6) as % of (2)
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2001-02 18.9[2] 11.4[3] 60 7.5[4] 5.4[5] 29
2002-03 74.9 23.2 31 51.7[6] 39.2 52
July 2003-April 2004 7.7 1 13 6.8 6.8 88
2004-05 46.4 30.2 65 16.2[7] 5.8 13
2005-06 15.6 7.3 47 8.3 8.3 53
2006-07 24.5 10.7[8] 44 11.8 7 29
2007-08 15.3 12.8 84 2.5 1.4 9
2008-09 15.7 14.2 90 1.5 1.5 10
2009-10 71.5 60.8 85 10.7[9] 10.1 14
2010-11 71.7 65.8 92 5.9[10] 3.8 5
Totals 362.2 237.4 66 122.9 89.3 25
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[1] This only includes items purchased by individuals who agreed to guarantee satisfactory public access, conservation and security arrangements. Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
[2] Excludes one case where the item was originally found to be Waverley but subsequently found to have been imported into the UK within the last 50 years. Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
[3] Excludes value of one case (£2,000,000) where a licence was issued, but the owner subsequently sold the item to a UK institution and one case (£65,868.75) where it was subsequently discovered the items had not been in the UK for 50 years so a licence was issued in accordance with normal policy. Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
[4] Includes value of two cases (£237,607.50) where a matching offer was refused and the Secretary of State therefore refused an export licence; one case (£2,000,000) where a licence was issued but the owner subsequently sold the item to a UK institution and one case (£1,815,750) where the licence application was withdrawn although no matching offer was made. Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
[5] Includes value of one case (£2,000,000) where a licence was issued but the owner subsequently sold the item to a UK institution. Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
[6] Includes value of two cases (£12,543,019.38) where a matching offer was refused and the Secretary of State therefore refused an export licence. Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
[7] Includes value of five cases (£10,422,776) where the application was withdrawn during the deferral period. Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
[8] Excludes one case where the item was originally found to be Waverley but subsequently found to have been imported into the UK within the last 50 years. Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
[9] Includes value of one case (£554,937.50) where the application was withdrawn during the deferral period. Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
[10] Includes value of one case (£389,600) where a matching offer was refused and the Secretary of State therefore refused an export licence and value of two cases (£1,645,868) where the application was withdrawn during the deferral period. Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set