Margaret Hodge (Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Barking, Labour)

2008-09 has, once again, been a year of outstanding success for the acceptance-in-lieu scheme with a wide range of cultural objects saved for the nation. Objects ranging from a Titian to a David Hockney, and from family archives to architectural drawings, with a value of £19.8 million have been accepted under the scheme.

This year's allocation includes "The Triumph of Love" by Titian and works by Van Dyck, Millais and Reynolds. Archives also feature heavily in this year's report, as do works by contemporary artists, including Frank Auerbach, David Hockney and Howard Hodgkin. Once again, the scheme has helped to save items which are of significance within a more local context such as a landscape by Gainsborough which is to be allocated to Norwich Castle Museum.

All of these items will now be available for everyone to enjoy for all time.

A full report detailing all of the material accepted in lieu in 2008-09 will be issued later today by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, which administers the scheme on behalf of the Government. It is available online at:

www.mla.gov.uk/what/cultural/tax/acceptance_in_lieu.

The following statement gives details of disposals and transfers made during 2008-09 as required under Section 9 (6) of the National Heritage Act 1980.

Table 1: Allocations made under the National Heritage Act 9(3) of items accepted in lieu of tax in the financial year 2008-09—permanent allocations.

Table 2: Allocations made under the National Heritage Act 9(4) of items accepted in lieu of tax in the Financial Year 2008-09—temporary allocations (those not superceded by a permanent allocation).