Archaeology: Finance
Culture Media and Sport
Don Foster (Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport, Culture, Media & Sport; Bath, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funding allocation he has made for the Portable Antiquities Scheme in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
Margaret Hodge (Minister of State (Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism), Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Barking, Labour)
Decisions on levels of funding for the Portable Antiquities Scheme for these years will follow the outcome of the review that has been commissioned by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.